The California Lumber Merchant - September 1926

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A. M. THACKABERRY

Circulatlon Manager

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THE CALIFOR}.IIA LUMBERMERCHANT

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Incorponted under the laws of Califcnia

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How Lumber Looks

Fir Market Strengthenr

The Fir market shows decided improvement.

Everyone interested agrees to that, from the mort opti' mirtic rnill in the North, to the most pesrimistic buyer in Southern California"

The demand is better all over California. Water ship' ments are showing greater improvement than rail, but rail buriners is likewise very much healthier than two wee,lc ago.

The price of Fir in California has advanced fully a dollar a thousand, and the improvement really amounta to more than that, because the demand is much stronger at the present price than it was when the price was a dollar lower.

There is a much improved feeling in the trade generally. There EeemE to be a generd conviction that the fall is going to bring a continually increasing demand, and that we will have a good fall buriness.

The fact that Fir ir bringing more money in Eastern and SoutAern territory than it is in California, and tbat the general Fu demand is improving in general territory, justifies the belief that the market will continue on the up-grade.

The export lumber business from the Coast is in splendid condition, ac is evidenced by the figures. In July the Pacific Coast rtatee exported 168 million feet of lurnber, ar compared with 97 million in July last year, and in June' 1926, the export total reached 238 million, which is a record on th:s coast. Japan is our big export customer. She took 101 million feet in July, 1926. Shipments by water to the Atlantic Coast for July totalled 142 million feet. California took 184 rnillion in Julv. Cdifornia shipped over three million feet of Redwood by water in July.

The Redwood rituation is no better than it wa! a month ago, and no worEe. The market ir irut hotdins itr own, with a demand lower than the mills would like' and a price holding iust about leveL

There are no pyrotechnics in the White and Sugar Pine market, either. The demand rofar thir rummer has not

been as good as had been anticipated, and pricer are jwt hotding trheir own on all classe! of lumber.

Receipta into Southern California portr, for the month of August will register right clore to one hundred and twenty million feet, from indications on the morning of thc 30th.

This is less t{ran for several months past, and with the docks as well cleaned up ar they are, there ir not the rvailable lurnber for the buyer that there har been.

And with that lersened -volume of imports, Los Angpleq is having a grand building montrh, with the permitr promiring to crowd ten million dollarr, for August. On Saturday, the 28th, the building office clored with a total of $8,681r 838, with two days to go.

The latert weekly report from t'he West Coart Lunberrxten'! Association, for the first time in months, rhowr new businer below the cut, for the week ending Augurt 2lrt. Tlieir total orderr amorurted to 102 million and production topped that figure by ten million, or a total of ll2 million. For the year, to date, the reporting Fir millr have eold onc hundred and fifty million feet rnofe than they have produced.

The Souttern Pine barometer shows a week'r cut of 67 million with sales of 70 million. Redwood figures just balance, for the week, in raler and production.

Correction

A type 'bust' in the August lSth issue made the West Oregon Lumber Company, of Linnton Oregon, cut 30,000 feet of lumber in an eight hour shift, whereas they actually cut 30,000 feet PER HOUR.

AN INVIT^A,TION TO EXHIBITORS:

Those desiring display exhibits at the ANNUAL CONVENTION of the CALIFORNIA RETAIL LUMBERMEN,S ASSOCIATION, to be held at the HOTEL SENATOR, SACRAMENTO, OCTOBER 22nd, and 23rd, 1926, will please communicate with the ASSOCIATION HEADQU^A,RTERS, ll2-Market Street, San Francisco, for information as to sizes-, loca. tions, etc., of exhibit space. THE FIRST RESERVATIONS WILL RECEIVE THE CHOICE LOCATIONS

CALIFORNIA. RETAIL LUMBERMEN'S ASSOCIATION, J. E" FRASER, Secretary.

New Markets Taking Fir Pressure From California

By Jack Dionne

A change of great importance to the Fir industry as a whole, and to the lumber industry of California in particular, has been taking place during the past few months, one that the lumberman of the California territory has been unaware of, but will do well to reckon with, namely, the opening of great new consuming territories to Douglas Fir that have already begun to.lighten the Fir pressure on this territory, and that will unquestionably do so more and more as the Fir invasion of Southern, Southwestern, Middle 'Western, and Middle Eastern territories takes on impetus and volume.

For the past five successive years California har been the actual mainstay of the Northwestern lumber situation. Now and then you will hear a Northwestern mill man refer to California as the Fir "dumping ground," but there is none so unwise as not to know and appreciate what a blessing undisguised this so-called "dumping-ground" has been.

As is always the case under such circumstances, good horses get overloaded at times when they show an eternal readiness to pull, and numerous times during the past five years the mills of the North, finding no demand elsewhere, dump too much lumber in California, and by so doing break their own market and are forced to sell.at unreasonably low prices. But California is not to blame for this. The only folks to blame are those weak selling Northwestern mills who understand n9 method of merchandising except to turn their lumber loose and hope for the best. California buys the lumber, pays the price asked for it, and consumes it. That's about all that could be asked.

But there are nrunerous indications and demonstrations of a new order of things. Rich lumber consuming territories that have long used Southern Pine for their general building material, have turned to Fir for a large supply, and during the past several months these territories have been opening wide like a lady's fan, to the sales efforts of the Fir folks. Last spring rate reductions on F'ir to many points in the South, Southwest, and Middle West, helped the Fir men in their market widening efiorts, and since that time they have been selling in constantly increased volume into new territories.

A big Fir producer in Oregon said to me a couple of weeks ago: "Things have changed so fast we can hardly keep up with them. We have been selling most of our lumber in California and on the eastern seaboard. Today we are selling twenty states that we have never sold before, and that business is increasing of its own volition apparently."

The shipping reports frorn the Northwest show that with every month that passes shipments are increasing with a rush into Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Missouri, and even Arkansas. And it is big volume, not small, and going into a market that builds twelve months in the year. .And many of the Middte Western, and Southern, and Eastern states, are buying faster every month. Tllat Fir is suddenly and really unexpectedly intering tremendops new territories and finding wonderful new markets, is the event of the season in western lumbep. The fact that a Fir inspection bureau is being planned right now for Southwestern territory, shows the volume of business.

And with this great diversion of demand, taking lumber away that would otherwise be simply loaded and shipped into California, there will undoubtedly come a definite change in California lumber conditions. If the,Northwestern mills were overproducing, it might not be felt so rapidly, but for the first seven months this year the great Fir production has failed to equal sales and shipments, and the demand is getting better, rather than weaker.

The mills that can do so are trndoubtedly going to divert all the lumber possible into territories that ofrer the most inducement, and the new territories are doing that right now. The strictly water shipping mills will not divert their stock, of course, but their tendency to overload California and cut the price to the quick will grow less evident as pressure into this territory decreases.

While lumber always has its ups and downs, and always will have, it is a safe prediction that the rapid territorial expansion of Fir is going to change the nature of competition down here for all time to come.

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Northwestern Observations-No. 2

By JACK DIONNE

Portland, Oregon.-I said in myfirst rePort from here this summer that things in the Northwestern lumber industry were in better condition than they had ever been before. Some of my friends up here expressed surprise at ttat statement.

But, after more traveling' listening, looking, questioning, and devining, I have come much more firmly to that conclusion than I was in the first place.

Because it looks to me like for the first time since they cut their first commercial log many years ago, the yeast of organized consciousness is working in the lumber industry of the Northwest. I don't know just what these folks THINK they have beeq doing and thinking for the last generation, but it looks to an unbiased student as though these folks are right now taking the first intelligent iqterest in their industry and its future, that they have ever demonstrated.

They have ALWAYS had a PERSONAL interest, each man and each firm in his own affairs. But it seems to me that they have finally discovered for the first time, what INTELLIGENT SELF INTEREST means. It means that they have discovered that "a house divided within itself cannot stand." It means that they have discovered that only by concerted, co-ordinated, co-operative INTEREST in their business, can they solve its problems.

Since I sat in that meeting at Tacoma and listened to those men get right down and talk business about their business, and from my contact with many of those men personally since that meeting, the conclusion that a great change is coming over the lumber industry of the Northwest has been most forcefully impressed upon me.

Many, many mill men, who uP to Practically this hour have conducted their affairs in such a way and manner as to demonstrate their belief that the lumber industry was in the hands of Providence and could do nothing to create and carve its own way in the world, are now enthusiasticatly declaring in favor of organized and co-ordinated activities to put their lumber before the world in an intelligent and creative fashion.

Everywhere I have been, among all the men I have talked to, I find for the first time the general thought that lumber prosperity IS man-made, and not God-made, and that something MUST be done.

And their conclusions run to various interesting ways of helping things along. Co-operative merchandising, cooperative trade extension, co-ordinated advertising' more intelligent irlvestigation of new markets, better preparation of lumber for market, less dumping of stocks into certain markets, moie interest in the other fellow and his problems, and more of the spirit of give and take.

I found this spirit everywhere. It is what the lumber industry of the Northwest has long lacked and much needed. It augurs well for the future up here, and means much to the lumber industry as a whole. ****

According to the best figures obtainable, covering a majority of the Fir Production of the Northwest, the average mill price of Fir for the first six months of. 1926 was just 6 cents per thousand higher than, when that term started.

Yet during that six months sales and shipments of lumber had exceeded production to a very considerable extent.

Which, to the men who are asserting that curtailment is NOT the answer to the Northwestern lumber problem, is proof of their claims. "\11/'e are selling more than we are cutting, so it isn't curtailment that this business needs, it is co-operation and better merchandising."

So there You are'

There have been lots of mill fires in the Northwest this summer, and many of them undoubtedly incendiary. In Everett, Wash., and vicinity, ihere have been many fires undoubtedly of incendiary origin, and the mills are working heavy watching crews to defend*their *proPerties.

Everywhere I go there is one subject being freely discussed, one that I mentioned freely last issue. To dry or not to dry lumber, and how, and what. That's the subject.

Talked to Russell Bordeaux the other day. He is one of the Mumby Lumber & Shingle Company owners, and active manager. He just returned from a trip through the Middle West and Southwest. He told me he had returned convinced that shipping unseasoned Fir intothat climate was entirely unwise, and that his congern would dry their lumber for that territory in the future, entirely.

By the way, he tells me that Mumby was, the first con-

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W. A. S. Fortcr Paul S. Fortor

M. J. Byrocr Bcnj. B. Fortcr

THIS FALL WILL BRING

You may not t'believe in signstt as a general thing, but every retailer will do well to study carefully the stgn above.

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cern in the Northwest tokiln dry Fir dimension commercially. They have been doing it at their mills for more than six years, and have found it dtogether a profitable thing to do.

I found old Charlie Monday in the Mumby offices in Seattle. I knew him first when he was retailing lumber at Merlin,.Texas, and for many years since. A fine lurnberman, is Charlie, wildly enthusiastic about the Northwest as a place to live in, and a big Fir booster. I want to recommend Charlie to my Northwestern friends. A native fexan and the salt of the earth, is that tall and earnest gentlemaq'r++*

We all lnrow the larger lumber figures who have come west and gotten into the lumber game here, but it is surprising the numbor of Southerners I am meeting every day, who are not so well advertised as R. A Long and John Tennant aqd Charlie Keith and C. D. Johnson and George Duncan, et al. f met them in the offices, the mills and everywhere, from all the way from Texas to Florida.

Of course, L. B. M'enefee and most of his organization came from Houston, but they have beeq here so long they are looked upon as natives very nearly.

Hirry Suits, the live young sales manager for the Duncan Lumber Company, was a Houston boy, who came to the Northwest broke and went to working in a mill, handling lumber.

I met Harry Hewes of Jeannerette, La-, up here this trip. He is interested in mills and timber in both Oregon and California. Ed Swartz of New Orleans, another cypress sovereign, is up here visiting the mills and seeing the sights. He has some interest in the Nortfiwest, and will have more. Bob Downman of New Orleans is a big investor in Oregon arld California. John Henry Kirby has a lot of good money planted in Oregon and British Columbia. The Exchange Sawmills Co. are planting the money they made in Louisiana out here in timber and mills. The Kurth interests of Texas and Louisiana have bought atract of Fir up here, and are holding it. Halfa dozen big Texas and Louisiana lumber interests have been looking at timber and mills out here for the past two years, that have not yet bought. As a matter of fact, the Southern Piners of the Southwest who have neither bought nor dickered for western timber, can all be numbered onthe fingers of one hand, so far as I can number them.

W. A. Pickering is one of the biggest pine producers and timber holders of California. Kilburn Moore of Galveston is manufacturing Pine in California. The Finkbine follf are getting ready to ship California Redwood to Mississippi to be milled.

The whole list would take a book.

*';t't

Speaking of market seeking and trade extension, I met a man up here the other day who does nothing but seek new markets for western woods in a wholesale wan and the things hc showed and told me with regard to his success in actually creating a market for wooden things, wrs most interesting. I won't give his name or firm, becaurc I would be telling some of his trade sccrets. But he showed me many items they have found a market for, far outsidc the realm of dimension and boards.As an example, hc sells in car lots, many, many cars every year, clothesline sticks. They are 8 feet long, an inch by two inches in sizc, the edges are rounded, one end is notched, the other end' pointed. They are used to hold up clothes lines in thc eastern and northern states, and are sold through department stores. He sells many other items just as interesting.

I am going to write a separate article for.this issue or the next one, on big mills of the Northwest. There are so many of them, and their production is so huge, that they fairly stagger you. The onJy really big mill ever built in the South was Bogalusa, La. Up here there are plenty of monsterPlants'

A big event up here right now is the effort of the U. S. shingle mills to have a. tariff put on Canadian shingles. There are hearings going on this summer to determine the facts in the case.

It is a fact that more than 90 per cent of all the shingles made in British Columbia are sold in the United States.

It is likewise true that the B. C. shingle folks have established a precedent in the making of uniformly high quatity shingles, and have always tried to get a price for them. The average B. C. shingle is higher quality than the average shingle cut on this side.

The mills on this side the border want a tariff. The mills on the other side do not, of course. The result of a tariff would be problematical. At present the B. C. mills cut shingles much more slowly than the American mills, trying for edgegrain shingles as much as possible. If they had

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Since our principal output is Soft Old Growth Yellow Fir, we prefer to furnish these short cuttings in that wood, but where that wood cannot be used, we can furnish certain quantitiee of thesb cuttings in Pacific Hemlock.

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to pay a tariff to get in, they might have to speed up production at the expense of quality in B. C.

I heard many guesses in, Washington as to what a tariff would develop. That it would bring about a great increase in shingle production on this side the line, there can be no doubt. With their huge production of logs in British Columbia, they would undoubtedly have to cut them on the American side of the line *"r *l"n as*possible.

There are more tourists in, this district this summer than ever before, and there is less to see. No rain for three months has developed fires everywhere, and there is no scenery to be seen. The wonderful snow-capped mountains haven't been seen in weeks. Mount Hood, Mounj Adams, Mount St. Helens, Mount Jefferson, Mount Rainier-or was it Tacoma?-none of them in sight. I have played golf at Everett when you couldn't look at your ball because of the woqdrous scenery, with the Cascades running jagged into the sky on one horizon, and the Olympics on the other. Not this summer. You can't see a mountain from Everett. or couldn't for many w;eks.

Speaking of timber supply, some of the famous old spots

in Washington are getting thin. Sam Anderson told me the other day that there is less than ten billion feet of Fir stumpage left in the Gray's Harbor district-one of the greatest qu,antity and quality timber districts that made this country famous-and when you realize that there is a great battery of big sawmills on the Harbor, one of which cuts a million feet a day, you rcalize that the end of the Gray's Harbor production is close by. Their time has been shortened by the purchase of some big tracts of timber that had always'been considered as eventually coming to the harbor, but are coming to the Columbia River instead. A very few years will see Gray's Harbor production cut to a very low ebb'

A serious blow to the Fir Trade Extension Bureau, just getting well started, is the serious and continued illness of Henry Schott, Manager of the Bureau. He has been laid up for many weeks, and may not be able to resume the duties of the office, it is reported.

A sign of the times is the fact that there have been more lumber buyers and prospective lumber buyers in the Northwest than ever were known before, during the last several months. A4d the folks up here are always glad to show them around.

Booth-Kelly Announces New Policy Regarding Grademarking

During the past six months The Booth-Kelly Lumber Company, of Eugene and Portland, Oregon, have been pursuing a policy of only grademarking their lumber when specially requested to do so by the purchaser.

Effective August first they inaugurated an entirely new

policy, that of grademarking all of their lumber except when especially requested NOT to do so by the purchaser. They have found that the demand for their grademarked lumber has progressed to such an extent as to justify this change in policy.

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The Philippine Mahogany Question Again

The following dditorial is by Mr. Walter Scrim, Los Angeles, United States representative for the Kolambugan Timber and, Dwelopment Company, Manila, and, was spech,Ily prepared for "The California L;smber Merchant". Mr. Sufun is an authority on Philipline woods, the information contained in the article con be taken as authoritative and the opinions erpressed as coming from one who.se ideas on the subject may be highly respected.

As stated in "The California Lumber Merchant", August 15th issue, the Federal Trade Commission decided on JulY 21st by a vote of four to one that the term 'lPhilippinc Mahogany" is unfair tradc practice and constitutes a deception of the public. A cease and desist order was rendered against the three defendants in the' case. This does not mean that . the term "Philippine Mahogany" is a thing of the past, for regardless. of the findings of the Federal Trade Commission this vduable wood is still called "Philippine Mahogany".

In the first place the cease and desist order only applies to the defendants who were made the "goats" in this cas€ and in the second place the F. T. C. cannot enforce their ruling ercept by order of the Fedcral Court of Appcals. In the meantime, an apped is being propared in thc case of the thrce respondents by the Phitppine Mahogany Association and it is the business of

all dealers in "Philippine Mahogany" to carry on until such time as judgment is handed down by the courts.

The Federal Courts have reversed the decisions of the F. T. C. so often and our case being such a strong one, it is very likely that the court will fudin favor of the dealers in "Plilippiire Mahogany". In reviewing the findings 9f -thJ F. T. C. it is apparenl t[at dccision wal made on the briefs of the F. T. C. and the Mahogany Association attorneys without a proper review of the evideqce as fotmd in the record.

As stated in a previous article on this subject, ttis is not a case where the i'public" is concerned but a case where the Mahogany Association dealers in Mexico, Honduras and African Mahogany, jealous of the headway made in "Philippine Mahogany", have used a Federal organizatioq for their own beneft. Commissioner'W. E. Humphrey in his dissenting opinion puts this very plainly when he says:

"No public interest appears in this case. The reason for complainj herein isnot because the user does not lmow what he is buying, but because he does know. It is a controversy entirely between the Mahogany Association and the users of Philippine Mahogany. There is no substantial ev.idence in the record that any ultimate consumer of Phil-

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20 YEARS OF SERVICE

l'1 G. Scrim

Excerpt from the By-Laws of West Coast Lumberrnen's Assn.

the Association. of Association rncmbers in good standing,

efficiency, cstabshall, from timc

..No mill shall bc eligible to membership in WEST COAST LUMBERMEN'S ASSOCIATIQN whose gradcs below the test of grades efficiency established by the Board of Trustees of said Association. Any member mill whose grades, over a reasonablc period, shall fall below the tcst of grading lishcd by the Association, shall forfeit its membership in This membership qualification, together with the list to time, be nationally advcrtised."

Comptying with thc abovc, WES-T COAST LUMBERMEN'S ASSOCIATION hcreby ccrtifics tha-t-thc gradcr.and grading precticc ol thc followine millE. atter "."iitil Crriili"g Ly co-p.t..iE.oitg.fp"ft", havc becn found-to run from 95o/o to loo/o oa gradc ar to quality pi.rciib.A U-y ttrc d6ciat grading rulcs of WcEt Coast Lunbcrmcn'a Aasocratron :

ANACORTES LUMBER & BOX CO., Anacortes, Wash.

ASTORIA BOX COMPANY, Astoria, Ore.

BEAVER LUMBER COMPANY, Portland, Orc.

E. K. BISHOP LUMBER CO., Aberdeen, Wash.

BOOTH-KELLY LUMBER COMPANY, Eugenc, Orc.

BRIDAL VEIL TIMBER CO., Bridal Veil, Orc.

BUFFELEN LBR. & MFG. CO., Tacoma, \Mash-

CANYON LUMBER COMPANY' Everett, Wash'

CARLISLE LUMBER CO., Onalaska, Wash'

CARLSBORG MILL & TBR. CO., Seattle, Wash'

CASCADE LBR. & SHG. CO., Snohomish, Wash'

CENTRAL COAL & COKE CO., Kansas Citv, Mo.

CLARK LUMBER COMPANY, Vancouver, Wash'

CLARK-NICKERSON LBR. CO', Evcrctt, Wash.

CLARK & WILSON LUMBER CO., Linnton, Ore'

CLEAR FIR LUMBER CO., Tacoma, Wash.

A. F. COATS LUMBER CO., Tillamook, Ore'

COBBS & MITCHELL CO., Portland, Ore.

CORVALLIS LBR' & MFG. CO., Po,rthnd, Orc'

CnOSSptt WESTERN COMPANY, Wauna, Orc'

DEMPSEY LUMBER CO., Tacoma, Wash.

ERNEST DOLGE, INC', Tacoma, Wash.

DOTY LUMBER & SHG. CO., Portland, Ore.

DU BOIS MILL CO., Vancouver, Wash.

ITAGLE LUMBER COMPANY, Portland, Ore.

EAST SIDE MILL & LBR. CO', Portland, Ore'

EATONVILLE LBR. CO., Eatonville, Wash'

ECLIPSE MILL COMPANY' Everett, Wash'

'EMERY & NELSON, INC.' Napavine, Wash'

FIDALGO LBR. & BOX CO., Anacortes, Wash.

FISCHER LUMBER COMPANY, Marcola, Ore.

G. H. P. LUMBER CO., Hillsboro, Ore.

GLENDALE LUMBER' COMPANY, Glendale, Ore.

GRAYS HARBOR MFG. CO.' Aberdeen, Wash.

I. P. GUERRIER LBR. CO., Star Route, Chehalis, Wash'

irpwrrt-r-EA-FuNcK co., sumner, wash.

WM. HULBERT MILL CO., Everett, Wash.

E. E. JOHNSON LUMBER CO.' Coquille, Ore'

KENWOOD LUMBER CO., Portland, Ore.

KLEMENT & KENNEDY, Seattle, Wash.

LAKE CLE ELUM LBR. CO., RoslYn, Wash'

LINCOLN CREEK LUMBER CO., Centralia, Wash'

LINDSTROM-HANDFORTH LBR. CO., Tacoma,Wash'

LONG-BELL LUMBER CO', Longview, Wash.

LUEDINGHAUS LBR. CO., Portland, Ore.

MACHIAS MILL CO., Woodinville, Wash.

MANLEY. MOORE LBR. CO., Tacoma, \Mash.

McCORMICK LBR. CO., McCormick, Wash.

CHAS. R. McCORMICK LBR. CO., St. Helens, Ore.

McKENNA LUMBER CO., McKenna, Wash.

L. B. MENEFEE LBR. CO., Portland, Ore.

MULTNOMAH LBR. & BOX CO., Portland, Ore.

MUMBY LBR. & SHG. CO., Seattle, Wash.

COAST TUMBERMEN'S ASSOCIATION,

MUTUAL FIR COLUMN CO.' Tacoma, Wash.

MUTUAL LUMBER COMPANY' Bucoda, Wash.

NETTLETON LUMBER CO., Seattle, Wash.

NICOLAI DOOR MFG. CO., Portland, Ore.

OREGON LUMBER CO., Baker, Orc.

OSTRANDER RY. & LBR. CO., Ostrander, \Mash.

PACIFIC NATIONAL LBR. CO., Tacoma, Wash.

PACIFIC SPRUCE CORPORATION, Portland, Ore.

PACIFIC STATES LUMBER CO., Tacoma' Wash.

PALMER LBR. & MFG. CO., Chchalis, Wash.

PARKER LBR. & BOX CO., Everett, Wash.

PENINSULA LUMBER CO., Portland, Orc.

POSEY MFG. CO., Portland, Ore'

PRESTON MILL COMPANY, Seattle, Wash.

PROUTY LBR. & BOX CO.,'Warrcntorl Orc'

RAYMOND LUMBER CO., RaYmond, Wash'

RIDGEFIELD LUMBER CO., Ridgefield, Wash'

ROBINSON MFG. CO., Everett, Wash.

ROYSE HANKIN LUMBER CO.,SedroWoollev,Wash'

ST. PAUL & TACOMA LBR. CO., Tacoma,'\tr/ash'

SEATTLE MILL & LOGGING CO., Seattle, Wash'

SHAFER-McLAUGHLIN & HILLIER, INC',

Portland, Ore.

SILER MILL COMPANY, RaYmond,'Wash'

SILVER FALLS TIMBER CO., Silverton, Ore'

SKAGIT MILL COMPANY, LYgran, Wash.

StlOQUaf.UIE FALLS LUMBER COMPANY'

Snooualmie Falls, Wash.

spnrrrrbpn MrLL CoMPANY' olvmpia, wash.

SIaNWOOD LUMBER CO., Stanwood, W-ash-

SffUSOn TIMBER COMPANY' Scattle, Wash'

SfOUt LBR. CO. OF OREGON, North Bend, Ore'

tUWfWetpR LBR. MILLS CO., INC., Tumwater,Wash'

WALLACE LBR. & MFG. CO., Sultan, Wash'

WALTON LUMBER CCIMPANY, Everett, Wash.

WALVILLE LUMBER CO., Walville, Wash.

WESTERN LBR. MFG. CO., Tacoma, Wash.

WEST OREGON LBR. CO., Linnton, Ore.

WESTPORT LUMdER CO., WestPort, Ore'

WEST WATERWAY LBR. CO., Seattle, Wash'

WESTWOOD LUMBER CO., Wheeler, Ore'

WEYERHAEUSER TIMBER CO., Everett, Wash'

WHEELER, OSGOOD CO., Tacoma, Wash'

WHITE RMR LUMBER CO., Enumclaw, Wash'

WHITE STAR LUMBER CO., Whites, Wash'

WHITNEY COMPANY, Garibaldi, Ore.

WILLAMETTE VALLEY LBR. CO', Portland, Ore'

WILLAPA LUMBER CO., Portland, Ore'

wiwcnpstER BAY LUMBER co., Portland, ore'

WOOD & MRSON, INC., Hobart, Wash'

W- A. WOODARD LBR. CO, Cottage Grove' Ore'

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ippine Mahogany has either been deceived or has complained that he has been defrauded."

It is not a question either of merits of the wood, for it is shgryn throughout the record that only experts can distinguish it'when mixed with the so-called truC mahogany. Let me_quote Commissioner Humphreys on this point.-Hssays:

"It is practically admitted in this case thit the *ood- it controversy has every quality necessary to justify it being classed-commercially as a mahogany. Ii might be-added, al shown--by.the record, that somJof ihe truJmahogany,'bo- tanically, is soft and spongy and has little valuelommercially. If this wood was pliced on the markets as mahogany-, undouqtedly there would be a great protest from th-=e Mahogany Assoc,iation and from thJpublic,'and justly so, because it would not be mahogany iommercially ana its sale as such would be a fraud upbn the public."

03- paSe-6- 9f- Commissioner Humphrey's report he says:

"The exhibitions before the Commissibn of-two selecied doors, one of the so-called genuine mahogany and the other.of Philippine ltrrt{9ganf, at least insoiar as appearance is concerned, decisively confutes the evidence'ot att so-called e-xperts as to ths inferiority of the philippine wood. fn fact, the doo-I of the philippine Mahogany was so much more beautifully figured and iolored and- in'every appearance so much more desirable than the genuine, that most purchasers would prefer it. This exhibition conclu- sively demonstrated thal the philippine Mahogany pos_ sesses every desirable attribute that-cbnstitutes irahosittv as defined by all the decisions and authorities."

It was interesting to know that the door mentioned above was mangfactured in Los Angeles and was not made to order but taken right out of sto-ck. Flear.what the examiner in.this case says in his findings of fact :

"The resemblance between ihe characteristics of genuine

mahogany wood and the wood sold in interstate commerce as "Philippine Mahogany" are so close that it is difficult even for an expert wood technologist to distinguish be, tween them without the aid of instruments usually employed by wood technologists in examining various wood specimens."

Just imagine every dealer in mahogany running around with a double-lensed microscope in his pocket living in dread that someone might sell him a board of "Tanguile" or "Lauan" and call it mahogany.

Just what does the term "mahogany" mean to the general public? Does it mean a description of a tree or the description of a lumbei which has certain definite characteristics which makes it suitable for certain definite uses ? Does the fower, fruit and seed which differentiate between the different botanical families have any meaning for the man who is not a botanist, or is it not a fact that the general color, grain, figure, texture and strength are the prime factors which interest the users of wood ? If I explain to an ordin3ry man that a certain wood is some botanical specimen, ten to one he does not know what I am talking about, but if I tell him I am selling Pine, Cedar, Fir, Oak, Birch or Mahogany, he immediately knows just what I am trying to put across. Hence, we must have certain commercial terms which, when used, give a general idea of descriptio4.

Is the public deceived when it purchases Oregon Pine, because it is not Pine, botanically ? Is the public deceived when it buys Red Cedar, Port Orford Cedar, Tennessee Cedar or Spanish Cedar, when none of these woods are Cedar, botanically?

One of the best witnesses on being examined in this case said:

"I would be unable to describe this wood without calling (Continued on Page 18)

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PROFITS . . that is the basic idea in every business. Immediate profits, to be sure but the wise lumber dealer is the one who looks to the future building today for theprofits of tomorrow.

JOHNSON HARDWOOD FLOQRING makes for profits. Its recognized beauti, and durability gives it ready consumer acceptance -bringing immediate profits. It creates customer satisfaciisllbringing repeat orders' and future prosperity.

And what to the lumber dealer is of equal importance-the enviable reputation which the JOHN JOHNSON FLOORING co. has attained eliminates sales resistance. You do not have to'.sell" youf customers on JOHNSON HARDWOOD FLOORS.

SPLENDID STOCK_THIS

For, as in the famous upper grades, the soft texture, workability and ease in nailing. without splitting .^r? physical qu-alities which lathers and carpenters like and look toi. (][ Here are types of strictly utilitarian grades which work 'to advattt*ge'under every condition. Thickness of boards in this clais runs one inch, inch and a quarter, inch and a half, and two inches. Lath come in No. I and No. 2, size 3/e' by lVz' -48' . These ?re . precisely sawn and uniformly -graded; ^re extremely -light in weigh.t, e?sy to handl6 and do not discolor the plaiter nor buckle after installation. Q Pickering California White and Sugar Pine embraces every standard grade and size in volume sufficient to guarantee you dependable service for ye.ars to c6m". Maywe quote?

NO. I TO NO. { COM. MON CALIFORNIA PINE

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it mahogany, because it has the looks, the appearance, the grain and all of the things that go to make up mahogany."

The _man making thb above statement is one of ttre laigest dealers in hardwood on the Coast and his opinion should have some weight. ff you are interested, look up the definilon.of mahogany in Webster's Dictionary, New English Dictionary and History of 1903, or the Encyclopedia Airericana, 1903 edition, and see for yourself whit thlse authorities have to say on the subject.

_ I_agree, however, that where th-e terms Mahogany, pine, Cedar or any other term is used in its commerJial iense it should always- have the prefix or qualifying adjective used to tell its origin. The manufattureis and dealeis in philippine -Mahogany want the prefix used as they are rathir plo_ud of the name and do not want"their product confused with other mahoganies.

Surely, after a term has been in constant use for twelve or fifteen years the public should be well enough informed as to its_mganing to eliminate any chance of deception. The United States Department of Commerce, Bureai of Agri- culture, the Interstate Commerce Commissio4, the Natijnal Hardwood Lumber Association and the tumber trade in

general have been using the term for that number of yebrsOn what authority does the Federal Trade Commission take on itself the high handed policy of correcting the use of terms used by other departments of the Federal Government?

Philippine Mahogany is a product of a United States possessioq, it is manufactured under favorable circumstances as regards labor and mechanical devices, enters the United States free of duty and under these circumstances is permitted to be sold at reasonable prices, giving the people of this country a valuable and beautiful wood at a much lower cost than other mahoganies from foreign countries obtained and manufactured under the reverse of the conditions applying in the case of Philippine Mahogany.

In closing, allow me to make one more quotation from Commissioner Humphrey's report:

"To preveni the use of the term 'Philippine Mahogany' in this case will not protect the public because it is not injured and has not complained. Only its competitor objects to its use. It will not be in the public interest because it $'ill tend to give the Mahogany Association a monopoly of the American markets; it wiU tend to increase the price of mahogany to the consumer, and will greatly injure the Philippine Mahogany industry in this country."

Photographic Grading Rules For Northwest

The West Coast Lumbermen's Association is preparing to issue photographic grading rules covering Northwesteri lumber p.roduced_ by its members. The photographs have been made, and the booklet is in the process oi mit ing.

.I"gty grade of every species. of ^lumber commerclally sold-by.the Association members, will be shown ptotd- graphically, so that the prospective buyer can.look over the pictu.res .and g-et a 'oery excellent iciea of the average lumber that he will get in each grade and species, and cin

thus determine for himself, if a new user of Northwestern lumber, which grades and items suits his purposes best.

This is a most intelligent piece of work on the part of the Association that will do a whole lot of good.

This method of illustrating lumber grades probably originated with a California white pine concern. Many years ago The McCloud River Lumber Company, of Mdloud, California, issued their own grading rules in this fashion, and they made a great hit.

Vacation Time Brings Harilwoods to illind

WHILE MOTORING- fiftff"?"aT: MAPLE, BrRcH, AsH, oAK, cuM oR MAHoc.A,Ny usED

WHILE BOATING- TH'Jtrf"11TR3$f"XT; t+t3Rl"T oR M.AHoGAN}' usED ro MAKE

WHILE DANCING- ilIiiil$""fi_33FrsJ5gona"..y#"'"1,Ib?o.i'fi, wllJgl' you cLrDE.

WHILE GOLFING- rHrNK oF rHE HrcKoRy usED rN youR .LUBS.

WHILE FLYING-

THINK OF THE SPRUCE USED IN THE AIRPLANES.

H"A,RDWOODS HAVE MADE YOU SAFE, SURE AND SATISFIED

WHEN YOU RETURN PEPPY, PEELING AND PREP^A,RED TO TACKLE THE WORLD GIVE US A, THOUGHT YOU WILL NEED HARDWOODS

WHAT WOULD THIS MEAN TO YOU?

LONE PINE LUMBER & IMPLEMENT CO.

e* W. D@llt, Proprietor LONE PIN4 CALIF., Jvty 24, 1926

Attention Mr. KingsleY.

Dear Mr. Kingsley:

We are very pleased to write this letter telling you that the car of finish we are now unloading IS THE FINEST CAR WE HAVE EVER RECEIVED IN THIS YARD. This car was shipped by your companv on the | 3th' Our truck drivers all claim THEY HAVE NEVER UNLOADED A cAR THAT wAS AS WELL TIED AND LOADED AS THIS CAR and the writer only hopes that he can buy many more such cars.

(Signed) G. W. DOW'

WEST OREGON SUPER FINISH A GENUINE SPECIALTY

It is made from specially selected old growth yellow Fir logs. It is specially-and carefully Eawn' sei;J;;;LJ, a-'i.J, l"'."""1, ii.a,- i"ia.a arid shipp"d. w" h.v. made thisour prideand speilry i;il;y-i;"; r";;. it i" ,t*,rtpagsed in h,"*r"- and quality. Flat or slash grain. 'We can "hip"gO7, slash-grain if desired. One carrnrill sell you forever. O"i "ofJiaiJ pjJ"t ."tr iO,OOO feet of t"iU.r "".ry ho,rr, all of which compares well in grade and quality with our Super Finish.

CO.

Retailers'Annual to be Held at Sacramento

At the meeting of the Board of Directors of the California Retail Lumbermen's Association, held at Flotel El Tejon, at Bakersfield, Saturday, August 2lst, 1926, Sacramento, California, was selected as the place for the next Annual Convention of the Association, which will. be held October 22 and, 23 at the Senator Hotel.

Mr. Fred Shaffer, manager of the Los Angeles office of the Sacramento Chamber of Commerce was present in person to present the invitation of the Sacramento Chamber of Commerce to the Association to hold their convention in Sacramento; Mr. C. D. I-e Master, secretary of the Sacra_ mento Valley Lumbermen's Club also extended an invita_ tion on behalf of the Club to the Association to hold their meeting in Sacramento.

.A{ter considering ail the invitations from various sections 9t lhe state, it was finally decided to have the cbnvention in Sacramento, _with the Sacramento Valley I_"-fr"r-.rt Club as hosts. It is certain that with ,o"li u ,;t;i b";;i; of lumbermen as hosts that the Convention will'be , ,u"_ cess from a social and business standpoint.

Various committees to take charge of the convention will soon be appointed by President plnkerton.

'l'he Association will issue another Souvenir prograrn, or Year Book, which w.as s-o favorably received b; ti;; lumberrien for the first time last vear.

There will also be exhibits at tht convention by difierent manufacturers of an educational nature.

October is a beautiful month in Sacramento and it is believed that we will have a larger .on1,."tion than ever Delofe.

"Jimmie" Atkinson Assigned to San Francisco Office

J. Walter Kelly, sales manager of the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., San Francisco, announces that ..Jimmie', Atkinson, who formerly covered the peninsulj, Coast Counties, Marin and Sonoma County territories, will be his assistant in the San Francisco office in charge of their rail department. "Jimmie" as he is best known t*o the lumlr.er trade, for the past two years has acted as representa- trve ot the concern in the above territory. He has been associated with the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co. for sev. eral years, during rvhich time he has worked in the sales department at the San Francisco office, and has also served some time at the company's mill at St. Helens, Oregon, and the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co. yard at Sai Diego. In..his new_position, he plans to spend a part of his tiire calling on the trade in hi! old terrilorv.

Mr. Kelly states that the personnel-of their sales organ- ization will remain' as hereiofore. Floyd Elliott will -call on the retail trade of San !'rancisco ind Oakland, while George Kendrick will call on the carso trade in tire San Francisco and Peninsula territory. Hastings Garland will cover the Sacramen_to Valley trade, going-as far south as l\{odesto, a.nd_$rJ. Lucas wiil colrei h"is oid territory in the San_ Joaquin Valley territory from Modesto south io Bakersfield.

MARK CAMPBELL A SAN FRANCISCO VISITOR

^.M".! Campbell, manager of the rail department of the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., Portland, Oregon, was a recent visitor at the company's San Francisco oftce where he spent a few days on iompany business conferring witlr Chai. R. McCormick a"a sa'te.'tvtan"g"i y- w"rt.;kJlt:

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Exceptional Strength foi,r Weight

Trade-Marked

Long.Bell Douglas Fir lumber and timbersarc traile-marked. fot iilen. tification of unusual thoroughness in monu, facture-plusmorcthan fifty yearc' exPerience as lumbenien.

"Douglas Fir has unusual strength for its weight," says an expert. "From the fine-grained, soft, old growth wood of the finished lumber, to the hard, tough wood of the structural timber, it is excelled in strength by no other softwood species."

Improving Method.s of Manufactuting

Devising and adopting the best processes of manufacturing, in the interest of the user of lumber products, give added reason for the superior qualitY of I-ong-Bell trade-marked Douglas Fir.

THE LONG.BELL LUMBER COMPANY

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C. HARRY WHITE RETURNS FROM EUROPEAN.

C. Harry White, White Brothers, San Francisco, has returned from a two months' European tour which included a trip through England, France, Switzerland, Scotland and Italy. He was accompanied by Mrs. White and their three children on the trip which consumed two and a half months. lfe reports that they enjoyed the trip immensely and in his travels noted that business conditions in the countries visited were good and the people prosperous. Harry says that london has a population of 10 million people and a city 30 miles in width, but on his second day in London he unexpectedly run onto "lfank" Swafiord, the popular Los Angeles lumberman, who was also visiting in the British metropolis, and while at dinner that evening they programed all the annual convention of the Pacific Coast Hardwood Association for the next five vebrs.

ANOTHERDRIVING RECORD

Records come and records go, and if these wild driving lumber jacks keep lowering the automobile time betweei Los, Angeles and Oregon points, there will be no further need for airplanes.

About the middle of August, H. C. Clark, Los Angeles manager for the Boojh-Kelly Lumber Company, set out, with Mrs.'Clark, for Eugene.

He checked in atthat point three days later and sub- 'stantiated his report of the remarkable record of but thirty hours' driving. And that is some driving.

After spending a few days in and around the mill, Mr. and Mrs. Clark headed for -home, the coast route, arriving there on the 23rd.

CHAS. R. McCORMICK, JR., ASSISTING IN SALES DEPARTMENT

Chas. R. McCormick, Jr., son of Chas. R. McCormick, president of the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co.. has been assisting in--the sales department in the company,s San Francisco office for the past two weeks. He attendi school at Santa Barbara, but ior the past few years during his vacation months, he has spent some time Lach summe-r ac- quiring lumber experience.

FREDERIC S. PALMER CLOSES WHOLESALE BUSINESS AND ENTERS SAWMILL BUSINESS IN MEXICO

Fred_ Palmer, one of the best known and, most popular men who ever wholesaled California lumber, has quii the game, closed up his office and his business, and moved down into Lower Mexico, where he has engaged in the white and sugar pine manufacturing business in issociation with his father-in-law, Mr. Hiram C. Smith. Mr. Smith and associates have owned a great tract of high grade large size pine timber in the Durango territory for many yeais, and they have now begun the manufacture of same. The name of the firm is the Durango Lumber Company. They have built a big milling plant at El Salto, Mexico, equipped with a circular and a band mill, planing mill, kilns, -boi factory, etc., and th-ey are alrebdy operating. Mr. Palmer is generil manager of the company.

They are located on a railt'oad that will some dav run form Durango to Mazatlan, but has progressed only as far as El Salto, and penetrates the timber of the Durango Lumber Company. Their outlet now is entirely by iail, but will eventually be by water also when the railroad reaches Mazatlan. The mill runs double shift and cuts nearly 300.000 fee-t of high grade pine daily. The species is a veiy white, soft pine, and is reported to be largely sugar pinl. Thei.r common lumber is sold in Mexico, and their clears in the United States.

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White Spots on the Map of Business @ ffi @

All the Wertern States are in good budness rhape, with Southern California rhowingwhite mark of pror. perity, acconding to the business map of the United States iscued in August by The Natio,ntr Businesg Magazine, and reproduced by The Dionne Publications by rpecial permiasion.

Take a look atthis map. It isreally worth while. There are no black spotE of depression in any Pacific Coast Territory, nor within a thousand miles of the Pacific Coast. AII of Washingt<in, all of Oregon, all of Nevada, and all of Arizona is shown to be in fair shape. This, with the white spot of Southern California, gives the Pacific Coast territory a very good average indeed. It is worthy of remark that there is no other territory of anything like this size without a depression section.

Floridais shown without a white spot for thefirst time in three years.

The territory of The Gulf C-oaet Lumbernan' our rister publication, ir in rnarvelour condition, ar evi' denced by the factthat most of Texas and Oklahoma are shown white, with nearby sPots in Kansar and New Mexico $owing the same col,or. C,olorado ir the only Weetern State that shows any signr of bwi' necs deprersion, and it is intereeting to note that while a large part of tfrat etate shows the black of bad condi' tions, one spot, adiacent to Texas and Oldahoma, shows the white mark of prosperity.

The State of California, on the whole, is in excellent condition, and before tlre year is over a larger portion of the gtate than that shown on thic map, will be given the white color. There is nopart of the s[ate that is not in promising condition, and when the year is done California will rival any spot in the nation in prosperorr condition.

The aboz,te map of national busdness conditions zsas prelared by Franh Green, editor of Bradstreets, and apleareil ii the August issue of the Nation's Business, official orgon of the United States Charnber of Commerce, and is ltere reproduced b! slecial permission.

DR. WILSON COMPTON ADDRESSES REDWOOD AND PINE MANUFACTURERS

A large and representative gathering of California White and Sugar Pine and Redwood manufacturers were in attendance.at a meeting held at the Palace Hotel, Wednesday, August 18, when Dr. Wilson Compton, secretary of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association. addressed the gathering on the proposed Trade Extension Program which includes the raising of a fund of $1,0@,000 per year for the period ending June 30, 1931, subscriptions to be paid on the basis of 10 cents per thousand feet on lumber shipments.

Willis J. Walker, Red River Lumber Co., presided at the meeting.

Following the meeting a luncheon was served with the gathering as guests of the California White and Sugar Pine IVlanufacturers' Association and the California Redwood Association.

R. F.BARTZ PASSES AWAY

R. F. Bartz, partner in the Howard-Bartz Lumber Company, Los Angeles, died suddenly from acute indigestion, on the morning of August 25th.

RETATL YARD FOR SALE rN SAN JOAQUTN CO.

Fxcellent opportunity in a strictly Farm Territory. Yard doing a _Profitable Business. Death of Owner Requires Prompt 1ale. Home included if desired. Investigate atbnce. Address Box 4-189, care California Lumber Merchant.

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The Schafer Bros. Yt"YoStt"JLoo, co., Montesano, Washington, have just completed the installation of two additional Moore Dry Kilns. These new kilns are being equippgd with automatic temperature and humidity contro-i of the Foxboro type.

SNARKTEAGRR APPDALS FOR CONCAT OR MEETING IN EVERY.DISTRICT, SEPT. 9

With the Hoo-Hoo Annual postponed to September 8, D and,30, the Order is preparing for a widespread, impressive observance of September 9-the day of greatest tradition in Black Cat circles.

In a comtnunication to the Supreme Nine, the 40 Counselors, the 131 Vicegerents and the presidents of the 57 Hoo-Hoo clubs, Snark of the Universe Hager has appealed for suitable observance of the day.

A meeting in every Hoo-Hoo district, at which the applications of nine or more new members will be received, is the principal objective.. Whether the program will be in the nature ofa Concatenation, a meeting of the members of the district, or a Hoo-Hoo Club meeting, is optional with local officers. The applications of new members may be received at any of these meetings, even though not initiated at the time.

On the same day all members of the Order are expected to advise the Secretary-Treasurer, by letter or wire, of their whereabouts and health-a custom of real importance in Hoo-Hoo.

CHESTER AMES SPENDS VACATIONAT TAHOE

__Chester Ames, Bay District representative of the J. R. Hanify Co., is calling on the trade again after spending an enjoyable two rveeks' vacation at l-ake Tahoe. He wal accompanied by Mrs. Ames and their young son.

..DIJKE'' UENUTOH T-OOTS PTrA OVER IN THE FIR NORTH

_ W._F. Marmion, the genial, grey-topped Mogul of the San.Gabriel Valley Lumber Company, San Gabriel, Calitornla, has gone up to spend several weeks in the Northrvest, giving the lumber industry of that territory the once over. IIe took his car and his family along and will tour Washington, Oregon and British Columbia.

The Booth-Kelly Lumber Co.

A Prorninent Contractor Builds and see what flooring he chose

Fled $. Johnson, .prominent contractor, in Ios Angeles, has built for himsclf, what is considered the most beautilul Spanish homle in'Beverly HiitsTo gain such prestige,.every-detail of-his house must be ih harmony. For his tloors, he turned to the leading lumber dealer, who advised,.perfiition.t' F.rom past experience they h-ave found that this well-known brand has a beautv or. grarn and texture that takes a superb finish._ It lays beautifully and retaini rnla sme orlgrnal Deauty even atter generations of use, -Fo.rt-unatel)r, -the same brand of oak flooring that is so highly prized by builders o.f_ th_e qror-g expensivc homes, is wi;hin th€ means -of -evi." ho-i hurrder, "l,ertectron" costs no more than a number of other brands,There's a size and .g.rads, of-.'Perfection,, Brand Oak Flooring for every type of structure, new.or old, For full information write today.

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Here's an Extta Profit You Ought to be Getting

You sell the studding-and by just mentioning the item to the plasterer you can usually also sell the plaster lath that goes over the studding. And those few wonds pay handsome dividends.

Builders and plasterert are soming in increasing numbers to the use of Buttress Plaster [.ath because it is Eo much easier and more economical to apply than wood lath-because it is easier to ppply plaster over it-and a Buttress job has rioni of the grief that's always aseociated with wood lath.

Buttress representatives have catled on most plasterers and proved to tihem that it usually coatr less to ure Buttrecs -Plaster [.ath than anyother form of wall backing.

Hundreds of plasterers have proved this and are now urging their customers to build sound insulate4 fire defiant walts of Buttress.

Somebody in your section ig taking orders for Buttresand it ought to be you. For gales proposition, phone or write the Buttress Manufacturing Company, 6910 So. Alameda St., [.os Angeleo, Calif.

Minneapolis Council Roofing Ordinance

Minneapolis, Aug. 13.-The long drawn-out controversy which has been bitterly fought against the passing of an ordinance in this city, which would prohibit the use of wood shingles, proposed by Fire Chief Ringer and Building Inspector Houghton, was definitely settled in the Council Chambers this morning, when the City Council, sitting at their regular meeting, accepted the recommendations of the Legislative Ordinance and Fire Committees of the City Council who, at a meeting on the 5th of August, rejected the proposed Anti-Shingle Ordinance by a unanimous vote and accepted, in the same manner, the Ordinance submitted by the lumbermen of this city.

The ordinance, which becomes effective September 1st, prohibits the use of wood shingles as well as all roofing material known as Class "C" or of a lower grade within the fire limits, but outside the fire limit permits the use of Class "C" roofing, as well as wood shingles when cut edge grain and five shingles measured at the butts to be not less than two inches, known commergially as 5 to 2, and, then only when laid in such a manner as will give longevity and applied with rust-proof nails which will add materially to the life of the shingle as well as give greater fire protection.

ROY FOBES MOVES OFFICES

The Los Angeles offices of 'sudden & Christenson have been moved from the Bartlett Building to the new Edwards & Wildey Building, Suite 509, same phone numbers.

Roy Fobes, Los Angeles manager, and his trusty gang are comfortably installed in the new home, and are happy over the move.

PANEL MANUFACTURER IN SOUTIIERN CALIFORNIA

Mr. Thomas Autzen. President of the Portland Manufacturing Company, has just returned home after a visit in Southern California.

Mr. Autzen's company are large manufacturers of Fir Panels, successfully marketed in Southern California by Howell Baker and his California Panel & Veneer Company gang.

SHOWING FIR INTHE EAST

. Douglas fir from the West Coast is on displ4y at the Agricultural and Industrial Fair, Collinsville, Illinois, August 30 to September 4, due to cooperation between the Cahokia Lumbermen's Club and the Field Extension force of the West Coast Lumber Trade Extension Bureau, Seat- tle. The Bureau was asked by the Lumber & Material Dealers' Association of the Cafiokia district of Illinois to supply the fir exhibit as part of the Association's lfome Owning Show.

JOE SHEPARD SPENDS A FEW DAYS rN THE BAY DISTRICT

Joe Shepard, the popular Sacramento retail lumberman, was a recent San Francisco visitor for a few days attending to business matters. On his return to Sacramento. he was accompanied by NIrs. Shepard, their daughter, and Mrs. Shepard's mother, rvho spent the month ot luty in San Francisco.

P. C. McNEVIN RETURNS FROM EASTERN TRIP

P. C. McNevin, Pacific Lumber Co., San Francisco, is back at his desk, having returned on August 9 from a business trip in the east, where he lvas making a survey of lumber conditions. He visited the Southwest. Middle West and Atlantic Coast points.

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Conceived in the Hot Fervor of Gold Desire, Born into the Romance of the Farthest Frontier. Her Childhood d Frenzied Turmoil of High Endear.or. Her full Golden Youth Now Blossomed into Gorgeous Maturity- A Darling City of lfearts Desire.

Her Broad Highway, Market Street, Stretches from a Green Jade Bay

To the Mighty Titans, "Trvin Peaks," Friendly Sentinels, Holding Jocosely back the Eternal Hills

From further Encroaching ontheCity of Fair Deligl-rt.

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Golden Gate Park, a Principality, Its Face toward China. Its Emerald Lakes and Wooded Glens, And Far Flung T awns, Where H"ppy Children Gambol and Play;

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California Street, Chaste Greek Temples of Finance, And Gargantuan Torvers of Granite and Steel; Grant Avenue, Street of Fairy Shops, Displaying the Treasures of the Looms of Lyons, And the Filmy Intimacies of Laces and Silks, Beloved byFair Women;

The Mighty Multitudes of the "Mission," Habitat of the 'Workers, Clean and Manly t "North Beach," Little Italy, Transplanted Andalusia;' ,"Chinatolvn," an Oriental Brocade, draped on a Hill, Delightful Things of Canton, Incense of Cathay;

Westward an American Nagasaki, Cherry Blossom Stores, Goldfish and Lacquers; And beyond Interminable Blocks of llouses, Stretching out, far out,

To the "Presidio," where the Grim Guns, Protect the Farthest West.

Where the White Laced Edging of the Blue Pacific, Flutters on the Golden Sands of her Broad Beaches, High on a Clifi, an Hospitable Caravansary Dominates the Rocky Pinnacles, And Viewed from out beyond the Sea Lion's Isles, It Beckons a Welcome to the Ocean Traveler.

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Bay District Hoo Hoo Picnic

Nearly 500 were in attendance at the annual Bay District Hoo-Hoo Picnic, which included lumbermen and their families together with their guests, at Kendall Dell on Sunday, Aagust 22. At 12:30 P.M., the gathering sat down to luncheon in a beautiful shady spot adjoining Paramentia Creek, where tables and benches were arranged for the occasion. The Committee furnished coffee. ThI Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., furnished the ice cream.

Following the luncheon, the tables and benches were cleared away and the grounds were arranged for the field and athl_e_tic events, which were run under the supervision 9f J.K. Henderson, Fay Bowman and J. H. McElrby. The iqdggr of the field events were J. Wllter Kelley, -Walter Medill and Bill Dunning. The official scorers were J. H. McElroy and J. E. Martin. Fred Roth was the officiil announcer, with Garnet Fraser and Oscar Johnson in charge of the prizes.

With the completion of the field program, the crowd assembled at the ball field to watch the game between the Oakland and San Francisco Hoo-Hoo teams. The teams lined up as- follows: Oakland-Hershfelt cf, Stapleton lb, Muler rf, Maricich 2b, Coates ss, Bacon 3b, Philips lf, Lemon pitcher and Jones catcher. San Francisco-McKinney cf, Cuneo, c, Wilsbn p, Smith ss, Thornton, Zb, C. L. Smith, lf, Chime 3b, Watts lb, and Howard rf. The game furnished all kinds of thrillswith each team having many supporters and rooters. The San Francisco team won out in their last inning, the final score being San Francisco 9, Oakland 8. Henry Wills officiated as umpire and did a nice job of it.

* Dancing then-continued until 7:30 P.M. with the Lynch Jazz Orchestra furnishing the music. The Charleston 'Contest was lyonqy Mis:-llelen Lynch and Ray Thompson. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Ellis were the winners of the Waltz. and in the Fox-Trot Contest Miss May Heliker and William leg,al_e_ry9re the winners of the first prize and Miss Winifred [VlcNalley and Ed. Harms were awarded the second prlze.

Miss Barbara Kelly, the young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Walter Kelly, made the draiings-for the Gate-Fri;;;:

The General Arrangements Committee included: G. W. Fraser, Chai.!"r, Oscar Johnson, Fred Roth, J. Walter 5.ll{, Frank Jlowgr, Henry Faull, A. J. Russell, R. F. Mac4rthur, M. L. Euphrat,'Homer Maris, Frank O,Conner, E. A. Chamberlin, Harry Gaetjen, Ted Higgins, A. E.

Shallish, E. P. Ivory, J. A. Stroud, Reg. Smith, George Troth, Harry Carter, W. S. Russell, Merrill Robinson, Walter Medill, W.H. Woods, John McCabe, Clyde Speer, C. D. LeMaster, 'Walter Baker, Jo. Shepard, J. P. Brewer, Frank Minard, L. L. Walker, C. G. Bird, Lester Elliott, Henry Wills, A.L. Hubbard, C. H. Griffen Jr., A. M. Sinclair, Wade Shifflett, Percy Brown, C. T. Kernuham, B. W. Lakin, R. S. Pershing, W. M. Graff, R. Cameron, H. A. Cahalan, Paul Merner, Elmer Ellis, Henry Hess and J. E. Martin.

Oscar Johnson, Chairm,an of Prize Committee: G. W. Fraser, Chairman Arrangernents Com,ynittee: Fred, Roth, Vicegerent Snark and Master Cerem,onies.

Following are the winners of the athletic and field events: Boys' Running Race (under 7 years of age): lst Chester Ames, 2nd Raymond Peal.

Boys' Running Race (9 years and under): lst Jewry Salomon, 2nd R, H. Carter -Jr. Gitls'Running'Race (under 5 years): lst Marjorie Roth,2nd Mary Grace.

Boys' Running Race (9 years): lst Hugh Lemon, 2nd C. Kavelage. Girls' Running Race (9 years): lst Helen Mealey, 2nd Bettie Stapleton.

Boys' Sack Race (10 years) lst Alden Smith, 2nd Bert DeVaney. Girls' Egg Race: lst Benice Heinz.

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Boys' 3 Legged Race: lst Bob Grant and Alden Smith, 2nd Bob Neylan and Roland Mealey.

Girls' Needle Race: lst Evelyn Brink, 2n{ Helen Clement, 3rd Margaret Mealey.

Men's Running Race (final heat) lst C. 1,. Smith, 2nd Forrest Wilson, 3rd Carl Watts.

Eddie Tietien and the Two young Tietjens.

Nail Driving Contest (married ladies): lst Mrs. Irene Wilson, 2nd Mrs. H. Riedel, 3rd Mrs. M. J. Mealey, 4th lrfrs. Sara McKenna.

Fit Men's Running Race: lst Hugh Handley, Zr^d, I. E. Brink, 3rd John Burgesson.

Ladies' Nail Driving Contest: lst Mrs. H. Clement, Znd Mrs Bruce Lemon, 3rd Mrs. M. Lean, 4th Mrs. l. Fraser.

Men's Sack Race: lst M. L. Hershfeld, 2nd Robt. Wilson,'3rd Joe Cuneo.

Ladies'Sack Race: lst L. Varley,2nd H. Eikelberger,3rd Irene Wilson.

Golf Player's Race (men): lst M. L. Hershfelt and Bud Muller, 2nd E. E. Philips and Robt. Wilson.

Nail Driving Contest (married ladies): lst Mrs. Henry Wills, 2nd Mrs. J. Fraser.

Nail Driving Contest (r4arried ladies) lst Mrs. F. L. Nash, ?nd Mrs. Walter Kelly.

Men's Sack Race: lst Gus Dieckmann, 2nd Forrest Wilson, 3rd G. Eikelberger.

Treasure Hunt (children under 5 years): lst Virginia Bowman, Znd Leslie McCune, 3rd Bobbie Williams.

Baseball Game-Oakland Hoo-Hoo vs. San Francisco Hoo-Hoo: San Francisco Hoo-Hoo 9, Oakland Hoo-Hoo 8.

Gate Prizes: lst Mrs. Blackman $25.00, 2nd Miss Helen Lynch 50 gal. gasoline book, 3rd Mrs. Sara McKenna, motormeter.

Other Gate Prize winners were: Fred Sieke, J. T. Melvin, E. E. Philipg, F. Goughran, It{rs. D. R. Else, Mrs. E. E. Philips, N. Leam, R. J. Williams, Wm. Garber, Warren Handley, Mrs. Farley, J. B. Taber, Harry Carter, Mrs. J. K. Henderson, Bill Russell Jr., Warren Kavelage, Evelyn Brink, Mrs Eikelberger, and Kahman Walter Smith, Mrs. Cline, Walter Kavelage, Mrs. Cameron, Emma Lattimer, Mrs. George Guillotte, Louis Godard, M. J. O'Connor, Gus Dieckmann and Harry Cahalan.

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Speaking of Self Made Lumbermen, Meet C. D. Johnson of Portland, Oregon

Somesage philosopher, long ago, who had been dig' ging deep into the lives and thoughts of men, handed to future generations the now much quoted axiom that "some men are born great, s om e achieve greatness, while others have greatness thrust upon them." And the old philosopher stopped right there. He neither contrasted nor compared the three.

It has remained for this age to place its stamp of unqualified approval upon just one of the lot-the SECOND. Of little interest to the practical world of today is either the man who is born great, or him rvho has greatness thrust upon him. In bygone days men who rvere born great, or those who had greatness thrust upon them, ruled the world. The day of the self-made man didnot dawn until a few short gen- ttsl",?a:;,

in tne eyes of all the thinking world, the only man genuinely worth while, is that man who with his own head and hands, creates for himself his place on this earth.

"'What have you done ? What can ygu do ?" are the two questions that the practical world now asks the man who applies for classification. The world owes all its progress from Adam until now, to self-made man. The other two classes have been obstructionistq always.

The other night I sat in a great gathering of lumbermen in the city of Tacoma. About two hundred of the leaders of the lumber industry were there. I heard it remarked frequently that there were more of the high executives of the Northwestern lumber industry than had ever gathered in one room before. They had gathered there to discuss rnatters of vital interest to the lumber industry. It was a thoughtful meeting of forceful men.

The Chairman of that meeting is the subject proper of this story. No one challenged his right to act as leader in that fine gathering. In his face, his voice, his whole demeanor, there was strength, self-confidence, rugged determination, high intelligence, splendid courage. His was the aspect ofa man who has met many obstacles, and overcome them.

Encircled by scores of the great men of the Northwestern lumber industry,.his was one of the outstanding characters in the room. They told me that they have come to look gpon him with great admiration and respect, theie in the Pacific Northwest. In no sense a diplomlt, but a straight thinker and a square shooter who speaks his mind foie- fully and without equivocation at all times, he has come n_aturally to a place of leadership among the men who cut, the great trees of the Northwesl

And as I sat there and watched him preside over that

strong assemblage of men great in lumber affairs, I salv another picture. The scene of that other picture dated forty years back. The place was the little sawmill town of Carmona, in East Texas. The exact location was the Joggtttg "front" at the sawmill of the late Sam Allen, ond of the Texas pioneer millmen.

There are two powerful young men in the picture. And they are engaged in an occupation that tries the muscles, and makes the sweat fairly flow. They are sawing long leaf Yellow Pine timber, and for their labor they are getting fifty cents per thousand feet.

One of the pair is short in stature, but powerfully built. He has a strong body, and a clear, determined grey eye. Heis just twenty years old. He has gong in for timber cutting in place of a soft job in the city of Nerv Orleans, because he can make more monev that lvav. and he wants to get somewhere.

There is much about the young man in this forty year old picture that reminds me of the chairman of that recent great meeting in Tacoma.

In fact, the only difierence is forty years. Forty years of time, of experiente, of wonderful education in ihe school of hard knocks, of uphill business battles, and of ripened philosophy founded on well remembered facts.

For the 20 year old boy who started in the lumbe.r business sawing Yellow Pine logs for fifty cents a thousand at Carmona, Texas, is the same man who rrresided over that lumber meeting.

Both were C. D. Johnso; o.f e;rttand, Oregon.

The lumber industry is filled with men who, by their own effort and ability and intelligence and courage and sticktoitiveness, have made a succeis of their businJss and of their lives..

But no one that we have heard of more thoroughly exemplifies self-made success, than does C. D. Johnsoi. From sawing logs in the Texas woods at fiftv ceits a thousand to the presidency of a great lumber manufacturing corporation with properties valued at more than ten m-illions of dollars, without any help except that of his own good h.ead and hands, is a splendid retuin on forty years of-continuous lumbering activity.

This he has already accomplished, and with a mental and physical condition that the strongesi man in the very prime oflife would be delighted to possess, it would seim that his real life work is stitl before him. It is the first steps up the ladder that come slow. After you "arrive" things -comi much easier.

Mr. Johnson did not stay long at log cutting. There was too much in him for that. He became a sawhill foreman in another Texas mill and yard, started learning the lumber business to better advantage.

He stayed about three years-in Texas, and then in turn worked_in lumber yards in Kansas City, in Chicago and in Iowa. Then he went to Arkansas, and it was in Ihis state that he served the greater part of his business career, and established the foundations for his large lumber successes. He became superintendent of a mill at New Lewisville. Arkansas. In 1894, eight years after he started sawing logs

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in the woods in Texas, he was in the lumber business as an owner, having helped incorporate the R. L.Trigg Lumber Company, and moved to St. Louis, Mo.

The Frost-Trigg Lumber Company was the next change of, this corporation, and of this concern Mr. Johnson was vice-president and general manager. They were large producers of lumber in Arkansas and Louisiana by this time, and were also interested in abig mill at Lufkin, Texas. Then the Frost-Johnson Lumber Company succeeded the Frost-Trigg Lumber Company, and was then, and is now, one of the biggest Southern Pine lumber producers. A few years ago Mr. Johnson sold his large interest in this big concern, and sought the Pacific Coast, where he began looking for the sort of western investment he had long had in mind.

He invested first in the Davies-Johnson Lumber Company, at Calpine, California, manufacturing California pine. He sold this interest to invest all of his world's goods in his present affiliations, the Pacific Spruce Corporation, and its sales corporation, the C. D. Johnson Lumber Company of Portland and Toledo, Oregon.

And when you consider these mighty possessions, and their undoubted close relationship with the building world, you will probably infer that in this case, at least, Providence worked hand in fist with the intelligent mind of C. D. Johnson to help him corral and put into operation the mighty properties that he now dominates.

During the great World War, when the production of airplane stock made the demand for Spruce lumber more than the then existing mills could possibly supply, the government looked around for a dependable source of supply of this character, and found in Lincoln County, Oregon, what they believed to be the greatest Spruce forest in the world, wonderful in the size, quality and stand of timber, aqd tremendous in volume.

So the Spruce Production Division of the government bought a great stand of this timber, which is about onehalf Spruce, and the other half old growth Yellow Fir, they built a splendid railroad into the timber, and a mammoth sawmill plant in a marvelous location on the Yaquina River, just a few miles inland from the Pacific. No expense was spared. A huge sum.of money was invested in the mill, which was one of the largest individual sawmills ever built.

In the midst of the preparation to start this operation, came the Armistice, and the government dropped its operations then and there, bnd never resumed them.

So when C. D. Johnson looked over this mill, docks, railroad, etc., which had cost the government many, many millions of dollars, he decided that he had reached the end, of the trail. He got busy with his financial arrangements, and enlisted with him a number of powerful capitalists of lumber fame, chief among which are Robert H. Downman of New Orleans, La., Cypress king and one of the world's richest lumbermen, and H. B. Hewes of Louisiana, also big in Cypress history.

And they bought those great timber holdings, and that logging railroad, and the unfinished sawmill plant at Toledo, and all the other physical possessions of that government built institution. They got this property for only a small part of the actual cost of installation, giving them a flying start in their endeavors, and they proceeded to complete the milling plant and logging arrangements, injecting such of their own ideas as they saw fit, into the completed operation. And now, for four years, they have been operating the entire institution, and by the distribution of a great quantity of as fine quality lumber as the finest of western forests can produce, they have carved for themselves an outstanding place in the world of lumber affairs.

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A few high lights will suffice for this story. The plant is built on piling out over the water at Toledo, where they have sufficient room and.space for anything they may want to do in the way of stocking both logs and lumber. It is in charge of Mr. Dean Johnson, eldest of the three sons of C. D. Johnson. Ernest Johnson is his father's chief executive assistant and is located at the Portland general offices. Robert Johnson is still in school.

Folks, that is SOME sawmill. The ramifications of a mill of such huge production is something that requires a visitor hours of continual looking to discover. It is "lumber, lumber, everywhere", all moving rapidly in an appointed course, yet so much of .it that it almost bewilders you'

There are two great Allis-Chalmers head rigs (in fact, this concern furnished the entire equipmeht) to begin with. The logs I saw on the log ramp and in the various ponds the day I, was in Toledo looked to me like the biggest average assortment of logs I had ever seen. They were all of great size, apparently, the Spruce and Yellolv Fir logs " being rafted separately, and cut separately. They were cut- ttlir#;

llittiil;"r, and flitches, and cants, etc.. leave the head rigs there is an army of por'verful machines r.zaiting to go further into the subject o{ manufacturing rvith them. To make it short, there are three separate and clistinct trimmers, four edgers-trvo of them of such size and porver that great slabs, and planks go through through fairly flying,

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Interior picture of the d,etails of one of the Allis-Chalmers l}-Ft. band ntills shozving a log'slaibcd and tlte camiage run back

for ano.thsr: cut, with another big log ataiting its turn at the left.

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I as though they were made of cheese-three re-saws<ne -.+horizontalandtwovertical_andamammothgang.All TAKES electrically driven. With a horde of supplementaiy machin-

ery, that's all there is in that sawmill.

How much lumber that mill turns out, depends on the timber they are cutting, and the stuff they are cutting it into. It ranges from 4O,000 to 50,000 feet an hour. Think of that, you Southern Pine, and Redwood, and White Pine makers.

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The rest of the mill is built on the same basic plan to care for that great amount of lumber. Everything that human ingenuity can devise and money can buy for the ad. vantageous and efficient handling, transporting, dressing, drying, stacking, unstacking, shipping, etc., is in that plant. There are twenty of the finest of dry kilns. All of their uppers and part of their inch common, goes through their kilns. The planer, the line of great dry sheds, the big drying yard, everything is modern, and driven by electricity and everything moves with precision and efficiency.

They do a big business with California, and every day the lighters carry the lumber and timbers to the mouth of the river for loading for the South. I heard some mills of the North tell what a bum market California is. The Johnsons told me what a fine market it is for them. All in the way you go at it, perhaps.

Their rail service is over the Southern Pacific, and they are now shipping their lumber almost to the entire United States. Dean Johnson told me proudly of big shipments they have been making into his old home state of Arkansas, and into Texas, and Oklahoma, and Kansas, and Missouri, and into a dozen eastern states, and down into the far Southeast.

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A most remarkable engraving showing one W'estern Hemlock Logs in a great mass in

of the finest aggregations of "Sitka" Spruce, OId Growth Yellow Douglas Fir anil storage boom.s, znith Viezu of Pacific Spruce Corporation plant in the background.

The Hilke Lumber Piler is proving its worth and utility in r-nany coast mills. Besides cutting labor cost in half it effects many other savings and pays for itself in a short time. Electric or gasoline operated. Car wheels or flat truck wheels. Height to suit special needs. May we send you full particulars

ftcn.

you can often secure many hundreds of additional miles from your tire equipment by using the particular type Goodyears suited to the work your lumber trucks have to do, and by taking advantage of our experienced afterapplication service.

A careful study of your particular hauling conditions is the basis for our recommendations. Then our modern and complete facilities for service will insure you maximum mileage at minimum cost.

Can you use these extra, additional miles? Our representative will be glad to go into details at a time that best suits your convenience.

(Continued from Page 38)

Their Fir lumber is as good as grows. Their Fir timber is all old growth Yellow Fir, soft and fine of texture, and their averige of clears is very high. Their Spruce is world famous.

C. D. Johnson estimates that they have enough timber of their own at Toledo to keep their great plant in oPeration for about forty years, and there is plenty more to. be had in that immediate region. So the great Toledo institution is of future generations as well as the present, and the long life anticipaled well justifies the great investment in manufacturing equipment.

I asked Dean Johnson what was the largest log he has cut so far in that mill, and he shorved me the figures. It was a Fir, 42 feet long, 84 inches at the small end, and scaled 14,424 feet.

The general offices are in the Northrvestern Bank Building in Portland. Here will be found C. D. Joh-nson, Ernest Johnson, L. B. Morrison, the very active and efficient young sales manager; R. S. Trumbull, a director and general auditor, and a small army of office folk.

C. D. Johnson is vice-president of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association, and this year is acting president. He has joined hand in glove with every progressive move that has been made in the Northwest lumber circles since his advent there, and is highly respected and esteemed in the councils of the industry. Just sixty years of age, he is one of the youngest men of his years you will ever find. The hardy work of his younger days gave him strong muscles and a sound body, and today he has the physical and mental virility of a man just reached his prime.

The Pacific Spruce Corporation manufactures the lumber. The C. D. Johnson Lumber Company, a separate corporation, markets it. And BOTH, as the old adage says, ARE C. D. JOHNSON.

Tacoma Machine Firm to Mer$e With Lidgerwood

'l'acoma, Wn., Aug. l8.-Plans for a merger of the Puget Sound Iron & Steel Co. rvith the Lidgerrvood Manufacturing Co. of Nerv York, one of the largest manufacturers of logging machinery in the United States, rvere announced here today by M. H' Dickinson, Pacific Coast manager of the eastern concern. It was said that West Coast headquarters of the Lidgerrvood comPany rvould be established in Tacoma.

PACIFIC COAST BUSES TOHAVE WOOD BODIES

Wood Chosen For Canada to Mexico Through Service Cars Washington, D. C., Aug. 20.-Bodies for the througlr bus line, plann-ed to run from Vancollver to Tia Juana, will be tr:om'75 to 8O per cent wood, aicording to reports-from the Model Body Cbmpany of Detroit. They will hold thirty-two people, and will h^ave- all the accommodations of a Pulhnan lari except sleeping facilities. The new line is planned to take advint"g. io ihe utmost of the scenic possibilities of the Pacific Coast region.

Despite plans recently advertised by one large producer, Detroit re-ports that the trend of automobile design is strongly toward the prevailing composite type, using wood for fiaming and steel for the exterior covering.' The Murray Body Company has recently signed long term- contracts for rvood-and-steei bodies for the Marmon and Hupp companies. The Hayes-Ionia and the Seaman Body companies ire buying heavily of kiln dried l-rardwood, and both the Budd Wheel Compan,v and the Dodge Brothers Company, rvho formerly specialized in the all-steel body, have changed to a composite type and are buying a great deal of lumber.

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Dependability-the kind that's built right into Weaver Roofirgmeans "Good-Will"and that's the most valuable asset any business can Posltess. Sell Weaver Roofing todaYprotect your future business.

The Adverdsing tsac\of PABGO SHINGTES

A powerful advertising campaign is spread, ing the fame of PABCO SHINGLES. In homes all over the West people are reading about beautiful roofs- practical roofs-ecol nomical roofs-PABCO ROOFS!

These people are your prospective custo, mers if you carry PABCO SHINGLES. An announcement that you sell PABCO SHINGLES is all that's necessary-the ad, vertising campaign is selling them the product.

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Gerlinger-stevens tBngineering Company Opens Offices in Portland

Frank W. Stevens of Portland, Ore., resigned in the early part of July as general manager of the Pacific Spruce Corporation and became associated with Carl Gerlinger of Dallas, Ore., in a company known as the Gerlinger-Stevens Engineering Co., with.offices in the Pacific Building, Portland.

Frank \ry. Stevens

The new company is distributor for the states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho andlMtlntana for the well known Gerlinger fumber Carrier and other. products of the Dallas Malchine & Locomotive Works, with plants at Dallas and Salem, Ore., and also for the Sky-Pile-It lumber piler.

The company also represents the Tennant Steel Co. with

I nuc lactu.'Ir t.,rv - a -^.- I -: -t and stays lcttcl

The carpcnter wilt tell you that he c4o lay a lloor fr*er with t'Everlartingt dooring, becance the piccec natch pen fectln due to our srnttern of rigid impection" Thur time and labor coctN aie cave4 two important itco* Mole' over, rientifc liln drying ald proper wo*mrn$ip guar arrtee that ttEverlactingl f,ooring; oace property lai4 *qn down. There ic rro trouble eftenrards.

Nichols & Cox Lunber Co, Grand Rapid6 ltlldg

Qcntcr of fine toil torkhq -'-

plants at Tacoma, Seattle and Vancouver, \Mash., which io-putty has the reputation for making the best cast steel of any steel foundry in the United States, the goverqment test showing it to be 97 per cent pure.

Mr. Stevens was born in Michigan in 1873, starting his career as a lumberman at the age of 16, driving logs in th-e Muskegon River. He has held important executive positions in the lumber business ever since he was a very young man.

During the World WarMr. Stevens was vice-chairman of the S6uthern Pine Emergency Bureau, and also assiste4 in closing up various lumber and log matters of the,9: S: Emergen-cy Fleet Corporation, spending- more than half of his time throughout ihe war at Washington and always subject to call.

After the war he became associated with Baker Fentress & Co. of Chicago, and later with C. D. Johnson and the Pacific Spruce Corporation, in which company he is still a stockholder and director.

Mr. Stevens' splendid record is a proof of his great ability as an organizer and executive, and he will undoubtedly make a great success in his new field.

A visitor to Mr. Stevens' private office could not fail to notice his beautiful solid mahogany office furnituqe, of rvhich he is very proud, and justly so, as it was presented to him by his fellow employees in the Pacific Spruce Corporation as a token of their friendship.

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Quantity Production of Hieh Ouality Roofing

Large enough to meet every demand of the may[s1-nzsll enough equipped to assure the finest quality-and thoroughly organized to give dealers the best sf ssryissThat sums up the standing of the Los Angeles Paper Mfg. Co. It is a big institution in every sense of the word, ready to extend the strongest co-operation to all dealers who handle El Rey Asphalt Roofings.

The El Rey line includes a wide range of roo6hgs, shingles and roofing materials. Write us for prices and full particulars.

1633 North San Pablo Sreet

Telephone ANgelus 5236

Byron Times Publishes Development Issue

Harry Hammond, publisher of -the Byron-.Times,.!a.s just issued the ByrorrTimes 2lv.elopment Edition, which is their tenth spelial number' This year's edition contains 252 pages, is beautifully illustrated and portrays the potential "r..o.rr.e. of the great Delta and the counties of Contra Costa and San Joiquin. The cost of production is in excess of $13,000. ThL issue was compiled and published under the soie direction of Editor Hammond. It is indeed a beautiful number and will no doubt have a wide circulation throughout the country. Copies of this issue, in strong envelopes ready for mailing, will be on s1!e by news dealers or ."t- be obtjined at the ofifice of the Byron Times. The price is $1 per copy. Among the lumber concerns-having irticles in the Development Issue are the Good Lumber Co., Stockton Lumber Co., Brentwood tr-umber Co., Electric Planing Mill, Redwood Manufacturers Co. and the Tracy Lumber Co.

PARSON SIMPKIN A SAN FRANCISCO VISITOR

After spending a short vacation at his home in Santa Monica, Parson-simpkin was a recent visitor in the Bay District where he spent a few days calling on his- many lumberman friends. He left for a tour of Northern California and Oregon, where he tvill attend IIoo-Hoo activities at McCloud,-Hilt, Klamath Falls and Susanville. While at Susanville, he will be a speaker at the State Convention of the American Legion, where he will make an address to the Convention on liorestrY.

M. A. HARRIS RETURNS FROM LAKE TAHOE

M. A. llarris, Van Arsdale-Harris Lumber Co., San .t'rancisco, returned to his desk after spending a delightful month's vacation at Lake Tahoe where he was guest at the Tahoe Tavern. He was accompanied by Mrs. Harris'

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The Hipolito Company, manufacturers of Hipolito Screen Doors, guarantee all Hipolito Doors to be thoroughly satisfactory to thi cons11r1s1-1he ultimate user.

There are no strings to this. If the purchaser of each_ Hipolito Screen Door is nol entirely satisfied with the door he gets, it will be cheeifylly replaced by the dealer from whom purchased, who will in turn be reimbursed by the Hipolito Company.

Sp€cial Features of the Hipotito Doors

All Hipolito Screen Doors are made of selected California Sugar Pine famed for its nonshrinking, non-warping qualities. They are accurate-ly fitted, carefully milled, made by standard methods that assure the highest qual- ity-the best workmanship. ,

The Great Fire at Bay Point

One of the worst lumber fires in California mill history was that which destroyed a great part of the yard of the Coos Bay Lumber Company at Bay Point, California, on July 16th last.

The accompanying picture gives a fine idea of the intensity of the conflagration, showing as it does the condition of the huge traveling steel crane that was in the center of the fire, and was totally destroyed, together with six million feet of lumber. The crane and all of its foundations were a total wreck

-This crane had a sweep of 140 feet overall, and traveled

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over a line 2300 feet long, handling most of the lumber, lath and shingles that are stocked at this point. The aver-. age stock of lumber kept here by the company is 35 to 4O million feet.

The new crane is being rapidly rebuilt, and will be in operation within 90 days. It is being built on a new piling foundation, and will be equal in size and capacity, and more thorough in its foundation construction, than the destroyed crane.

Bay Point.is the assembling, drying, dressing and distributing plant and yard for the huge sawmill plant of the Coos Bay Lumber Company at Marshfield, Oregon.

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We are in position to furnish your requirements in all kinds of Shingles, either Grcen or Kiln Dricd, for all rail or watcr shipment, and in order to better serve you have opened a general sales office in the Finch Building, Aberdeen, Washington.

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The Great Fire at Bay Point

One of the worst lumber fires in California mill history was that which destroyed a great part of the yard of the Coos Bay Lumber Company at Bay Point, California, on July 16th last.

The accompanying picture gives a fine idea of the intensity of the conflagration, showing as it does the condition of the huge traveling steel crane that was in the center of the fire, and was totally destroyed, together with six million feet of lumber. The crane and all of its foundations were a total wreck -Thi. crane had a sweep of 140 feet overall, and traveled

GENERAL SALES OFFICE

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Montcruo, lVuL fl6q-trm, Wub Alohr, WuL. Abcrdoca, Wuh. Abrrdrcn, Wuh.

We are in position to furnish your requirements in all kinds of Shingles, either Grccn or Kiln Dricd, for all rail or watcr shipment, and in order to better serve you have opencd a general sales office in the Finch Building, Aberdeen, Washington.

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GENERAL SALES OFFICES:'

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Reprcecntcd by w. w. wILKtNsoN l2l,l lar. E:changc Bldg. Lor

over a line 2300 feet long, handling most of the lumber, lath and shingles that are stocked at this point. The aver-. age stock of lumber kept here by the company is 35 to 4O million feet.

The new crane is being rapidly rebuilt, and will be in operation within 90 days. It is being built on a new piling foundation, and will be equal in size and capacity, and more thorough in its foundation construction, than the destroyed crane.

Bay Point "is the assembling, drying, dressing and distributing plant and yard for the huge sawmill plant of the Coos Bay Lumber Company at Marshfield, Oregon.

Color that will not rhow Dirt

The Mark of Recognizeil by the lVafions of the Woild!

The Briton, The Latin, The Belgicr, The Dane, TheTeuton, TheFrank, The Boer, The Australian, The Dutch, The Latin-.American, The Egyptian, The Syrian BEC^A,USE

"Line Yard Manager Has Right Idea"

Stonley l,I/. Root

The followi,ttg obseruations are by Mr. Guy F. Campbell of Fresno, sales representati,zte in the San loaquin Valley for the Paraffine Cornpanies Inc., San Franc'isco.

"Wasco, California, trventy-eight miles north of Bakersfield, isa fast growing community where the King boys have a lumber yard with a real live wire local manager.

"Mr. Stanley W. Root, local manager, is the gentleman in question, who believes in changing the old school of lumber yards into the more modern 'Building Material Stores'.

"Ifave you ever seen an actual cross section of a log in or near a retail lumber yard ? No, you haven't. WellMr. Root has on each side of'the entrance to his office store

a four-foot section of Sugar Pine. One log is highly polished and diagrammed, to represent the paths the saw will take in cutting these logs for lumber, thereby giving a vivid description of the merchandise he sells. The other log remains in its natural state. The interior of the office store is decorated with natural forest products.

"The paint stock is nicely shelved and nails well binned. In the center of the room is a long table for displaying various building products. Mr. Root believes that his interior scheme depicting lumber production, together with the outdoor logs will remind the persons entering his place of business that the board he nails on his home is a Godgiven article rather than a manufactured product.

'"To the average human, logging and forestry contains an element of romance. Root has put that Romance into his business."

INQUIRIES RECEIVED AT HEADQUARTERS INDI. CATE LARGE HOO-HOO ANNUAL ATTENDANCE

Early returns of a questionnaire sent toall members of the Order indicate a record-breaking attendance at the Thirty-fifth Hoo-Hoo Annual in Kansas City, September n. D and 30.

Coincident with the announcement thata reduced railroad rate of fare and one-half had been granted for the HooHoo attending the meeting, a questionnaire was sent to all members of the Order which they might use in obtaining complete information concerning transportation from their individual homes.

The returns have been coming in steadily every dayvery largely from'districts which have not been well represented at previous Annuals. Very few of the distant cities which have assured goodly delegations have as yet sent in their inquiries.

FRED GOLDING MOVES OFFICES

Fred E. Golding, Los Angeles wholesaler, has picked up and moved his offices.

August 14th was moving day, and about twenty of the other wholesale boys dropped in on Fred and helped him. After that they held an informal reception.

Fred is now at 628 Central Building, same phone numbers.

CALIFORNIA PROSPERITY NOTE

There will be 100,000 carloads of California wine and table grapes available for shipment this season, about 10,000 cars in excess of last summer's crop.

Kenneth Smith Back in California, With E K. Wood

Kenneth Smith, the big, hearty, good looking boy with the booming laugh, so well known in California through his long association with the Long-Bell Lumber Company, has come back to the Golden State, and is now associated with the E. K. Wood Lumber Company, in Los Angeles, as Sales Manager for the Southern California division.

Mr. Smith has had a long and interesting lumbeq career, dating back to 1911, when he started as a stenographer with the Carter Lumber Company, at Houston. He went {rith Long-Bell a year later, in Beaumont, was transferred to New Orleans as manager a few years later and, in 1923 opened the San Francisco offices for the Long-Bell Company, remaining there until 1925, when he went to Philadelphia to take charge of their offices there.

On the first of August he assumed his new duties with the E. K. Wood organization.

BILL MORRISON IN LOS ANGELES

Mr. W. H. (Bill) Morrison, brother of L. B. Morrison, has been transferred to the Los Angeles offices of the C. D. Johnson Lumber Company, in the sales division.

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Manufacturcn of Galifomia Whitc end Sugar Pinc Lumber

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WARRET{ OF ARKANSAS ARKANSAS

'I'll drivd', seatFJudge.

AND

SHE DID

said the wife, as she climbcd into the back

THE WILL TO STEP OUT

The mark of every first class man is sufficient courage to overcorre the shyness that blocks self expression. Most of us are so self-consci,ous that when we Etep out of our

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Thirty minutes will produce five letters. Five letters a day are 30 a week and 125 a month. 125 possible prospects reached every month with a DIRECT, PERSONAL MESSAGE. Half an $our a day to tell these peoplc how they can profit by buying what you have to sell.

GRACIOUSNESS

own little corner we becomc as as.mice, and as o'ne There is one virtue which no man writer says, we behave like i ness world should

in the busious-

What we must learn, that everyone else is a

YETTHEY'RE COUSINS

Can and Will are cousinq \ilfho never trust to luck, Will is the son of Energy, Can is the ron of Pluck.

Canft and won't are cousins, Always out of work, Won't is thc son of Never T,ry, And Can't is the son of Shirk.

HE'D BRING ONE

"Ho\r many boys can bring another boy to Sunday School with him next Sunday?" asked the Sunday School Teacher.

"I can", replied tittle Johnnieldnfidently.

"Fine", said the Teachpr,fand who can you bring, Johnny?" \/

"f'll bring the boy in m| block that I know I can lick", replied the youthful philooopher.

WANDERLUST

My heart is warm with fildas I make, And better friends I'fnot be knowing, Yet there isn't a "Vtyt wouldn't ta.ke, No matter whereYt's going.

-Edna St. Vincent Millay

RHYMED REMARK

Honest, d'j'ever really try to make it easy for a guy to come into your yard and buy a pole to raise the clothes line hlgh or boards to keep the ctrickens dry or flooring that will please the eye? Successful dealers testify that greatly increaeed profits lie not in the creed of "sell or die" but "get together, you and I, to meet your wants and satisfy your need". That's not so hard to try.

to the psychologists, is of the same timidity that thrtarts us. A few courage to step out, and greater service. many of them havc won ff we hopc to amount 16 anything, we, too, must shake off our fear, and break away from the herd. We must begin to function as individuals. Having done that we riray find ourselves equal in capacity to the man in whose presence we have always trembled.-Bagologg.

NESS. A service rendered the person served until it is magnified to

it is-a far

It isn't fawn-

rng upon suPenors to inferiors. True thing, put on and ofr like a helpfulness and under-

graciousness is garment. ft is standing.

REPETITION AND REPUTATION

'All life is advertiring, and one great factolin advertising, as in all teaching, is repctition. is reputation. Of course, it makes a you repcaL Repetition makes reputation, repetition makcs a reputation for foolishness. betwbcn the mere power of ttere is a diflereocc in itself, and the othcr and grcatcr power of writing and convincingly, mere nakcd repetition has a power of its own. Advertisers fail if they do not get clearly into thcir minds the porrcr of repetition along, without any ornament or paint or varnish or fency trimmings".-Arthur Brisbane.

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How a Great Southern Cotton Firm is Helping Develop California Cotton

: Every lumberman in Califorgia is lntere,stCd in tllg development of California prosperit'y, .6 naturaliy he ls inlerested in the development fo a new crop that promises to 4dd much to California prosperity, namely cotton.

Most lumbermen know that the early efforts of the past few years at raising cotton in California, have rnet with remarkable success. -They have secured.a yield per acre far in excess of that secured by any of the old cotton producing sections of the South, and it is an unusually high quality pott6n, that brings a splendid'priLe.

That California can raise cotton with great success, is a fact that does not even seem to permit of the slightest doubt. 'I3ut it takes money to pioneer cotton raising. Over in the

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A new series of patterno fog yog to use in creating profitable business.

5 in. and 7 in. in round edge, aquare edge and bevel edge patterns.

Practically os thiclX as 3/4" siilkg at trittle more than cost of 5/g",

The bevel edge patteryl upecially gwes a iliferefl and very pleasing effect.

HOLMES EUREKA

"Our Custoners Wlll Tell You"

M EM B ER CALIFORN IA REDT'Y OOD I.',SN.

Old South and in Texas, the r,system of cotton financing' has been established for' a generation or more. The cotton farmer plants a crop, and borrows money on that future crop to. take him through the season. Every local bank in the South, is in the cotton business, and in it strong. It is simply a partnership between the bank an{ the farmer. Sometimes the bank has to carry a man over more than one season, if he has a failure, but that is part qf the game.

In California there is no such system in effect, and the pioneer cottoh prodircer of small means, has no bank to tuqp. tq for !i,s backing. And production in new territory has been lagging on that account.

Sg, along comes the world's greatest cottgn marketing concern; The Anderson-Clayton Company, of Houston, Texas, who rank in cotton as Standard ranks in oil, and they say-"Wel\ California must get started raising cotton, and if there is no other way to do it, we will have to start the financing ourselv-es." So this year this big concern, is len{ing money to numerous new cotton g'rowers in California, and taking a lien on the crop as their security. This is not their business. They have never had to do it ltefore, their business being'the buying, grading, baling, seiling and exporting of.cotton on a huge scale. They have cotton offices all over the world.

But the coiton growing possibilities of California are too great to be permitted to lag, so they are putting in their mqqey hefe, as the local banks do in the South. It is reported that this concern has loaned about a million dollars on this year's California cotton crop to induce the grower to op"erate.

Thus a great future prosperity crop of California is being stimulated by outside capital.

NEW BROKERS AT SAN DIEGO

The firm of Wood and Walter recently opened an ofifice at 458 Spreckels Building, San Diego, ind aie conducting a general lumber and mill brokerage business.

Mr. C. H. Wood for the past three years has been representing the Hammond Lumber Company in San Diego and at one time was connected with the Wheeler Osgood Cgmpany. Mr. Wallace A, Walter"has been representing the Pacific Door & Sash Company of Los Angeles and previous to this connection was with the Lumber department of the Spreckels Bros,. Commercial Company. The new firmwill continue to represent the Pacific Door & Sash Company, together with other ngn-conflictirrg accounts which will be added as connections are effected.

FOREST SERVICE MAY CLOSE NATIONAL FORESTS TO PUBLIC

San Francisco.-Faced by a forest fire situation similar to the disastrous year of 1924, and menaced by unfavorable weather conditions, a growing number of big fires and the increased travel that always follows the opening of the statewide hunting season on September 1, the United States Forest Service iJ seiiously considering the total closure of the national forests,in California to public use.

More than 1,100 fires that have burned over 400,000 acres of Government and private lands within and adjacent to the national forests have already occurred this year, forest officers state. The expense of fighting these fires is in excess of $250,000, not counting the timber and other forest resources damaged and destroyed. More than half of this total number of fires were man-caused.

L. B. MORRISON SOUTHERN \/ISITOR

Combining a business and pleasure trip, Mr. L. B. Morrison, of the Portland offices of the C. D. Johnson Lumber Company, is spending two weeks in and around Los Angeles.

- Their Los Anleles manag'er, R. T. Gheen, is showing him the sights.

FORESTRY BOOK ISSUED BY LONG-BELL

"Long-Bell Practices Forestry", is the title of a recently issued bbok that is being placed in the hands of retail and wholesale lumbermen by the Long-Bell Lumber Company.

It is a very comprehensive and interedting volume and should be in the hands of all lumbermen.

"Forestry and the Lumberman", by Mr. R. A. Long; "A Description of Forestry Activities" by Mr. J. B. Woods; a description of experiments being made in California and Oregon, and other highly enlightening articles are contained in the book.

EAST AND WEST DIFFERENCE NOT GREAT

Washington, D. C., August 21.-How completely the oldtime difference between wages east ahd west has disappeared is shown by a report of the Department of Labor on wages and hours of labor in the lumber industry, as reviewed by the Research Bureau of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. This industry was formerly a typical high-wage industry in the west as compared with the east.

While Oregon mills'report tlie higedt 'i"ei'ag.t weekly eafnings-$27.69, Pennsylvania is next with $26.80. Minnesota and Montana are tied for third place with $26.57, and. Washington stands fourth with $26.43. Georgia foots the list with $12.89, negro labor being largely employed in that state. In fact, the wage contrast in the industry is now moie betweeh north and south than east and west.

PACIFIC COAST LUMBER INTO OHIO

"We are only commencing to handle Pacific Coast Lumber Products after nineteen. years of distributing Southern Lumber of several species."

From a letter by an Ohio retailer to a Pacific Coast concefn.

THERE'S A DIFFERENCE

"Ohhh! Lemuel, vat you tink? I vas arrested for speedink today."

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"Yat, you?: Vy, you haf no car haf you?"

"No, not dat, speedink on the sidewalk."

GEO. HUFF HAS NEW YARD

The Geo. M. Huff Lumber Company, Los Angeles, is erecting buildings for a new yard at 116th and Main Sts., which will be opened for business in about thirty days. The first yard belonging to this company, at l16th and Broadway, will be kept in operation, with the new plant as the main yard.

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Age not guaranteed-Some.I have told for 2O yeart-,Some less.

As a Man Thinketh

Things and conditions are largely the reflection of our mental viewpoints. An old story illustratcs thc polnt

A man who had just moved intoa small Pennsylvania town, fell into conversation with an old Quakcr who was

accustomed to sit on a bench in ttre quict squafe in tte center of the village

"What kind of peoplc live here?" asked the newcomer.

"What manner of people didst thee live amongst before?" returned the Quaker.

"Oh, they were mean, natrow, suspicious, and veql unfair", answered the man.

"Then", said the Quaker, "f am sorry, but thee will find the same kind of people hetre".

Not long afterwards the old Quaker was accosted by another man who.had co'rne to live in the twn-

"IVhat sort of people are they here?" asked the stranger.

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"What manner of people did'st thee live amongst before?" replied the Quaker.

A warm smile spread over the newcomer's face.

"Friend", he answered, "they were the best folks in the world. They were always friendly, kind and loveable, and I hated to leave them".

The old Quaker beamed.

"'Welcome, neighbor," he said, "be of good cheer, for thee will find the same fine people here".

It used to be, toEverything comes to him who waits." No more. Nowadays it's, 66Ever;rthiog eomes to the fellow who goes after what the fellow who waits

for".

Mcaba Crltfonh Rrdrood Arrooletlor

MAPLE FLOORING MANUFACTURER LOOKING AT CALIFORNIA

Mr. Walter C. Abendroth. Treasurer of the well known Robbins Flooring Company, Rhinelander, 'Wisconsin, is visiting Southern California, making his home at Pasadena during his stay.

Mr. Abendroth's company manufactures Maple and Birch Flooring under the name "Robbins Brand" and they enjoy a good volume of business from California.

OTTO FRESE OPENS LUMBER OFFICE

Otto Frese, well knolvn San Francisco lumberman, has <rpened an office at 268 Hansford Building, San Francisco, where he will deal in wholesale lumber and building materials. He has been connected with the lumber business in the Bay District for many years and has a large acquaintanceship with the lumber fraternity in the state. IJntil recently, he wds connected rvith the sdles department of the Andrew L. Mahonev Lumber Co.

HOWARD GUNTON RETURNS FROM NORTH. WEST TRIP

Horvard Gunton, the well known San Francisco wholesaler and a member of Gritzmacher & Gunton, was a recent Northlvest visitor rvhere he spent a week visiting the mills. He was also a visitor at the A. F. Coats Lumber Co. plant at Tillamook, Oregon, rvhich concern they represent rn Northern California.

FARMERS ARE "WISE'' LUMBER BUYERS

Washington.-Farmers are better lumber buyers and buy better lumber than ultimate consumers in the cities, it has been ascertained by a survey made by the National Lumber Manufactuiers' Association in response tb a suggestion made by V. F. Hayden, executive secretary of the Agricultural Publishers' Association.

Lumber, it appears, is not just lumber to the farmer buybr, but is so many boards. He buys in person and picks ou.t his lumber fromthe retailer's stock. Conseqgently, lumber dealers whose patronage is largely among farmers generally carry the cream of No. 1 and No. 2 lumber, whereas operative builders rvho make up the major part of city buying eagerly seek the inferior material in those gr4des.

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H. W. SINNOCK RETURNS FROM EASTERN TRIP

H. W. Sinnock, manager of the Redwood Sales Co., San Francisco, has returned from a two months' trip in the east, calling on the trade. His trip included a complete survey of conditions throughout the entire east, going east as far as the New England markets on the Atlantic Coast, and on his return trip covering the Louisiana, Texas and Oklahoma territory. He states that the dealers throughout the east are looking forward for a good fall demand with much optimism.

ANDREW DONOVAN LOOKS OVER BAY DISTRICT MARKET

Andrew Donovan, the well known Los Angeles lumberman, and associated with Fletcher & Frambes, was a recent San Francisco visitor, where he spent several days lqoking over the lumber market and calling on his many lumberman friends in the Bay District.

..HI'' HENRY BACK ON HIS TERRITORY

"Hi" Henry, popular young lumberman and connected with the Booth-Kelly Lumber Co., will be back on his old territory in the Sacramento Valley about the fifteenth of the month calling on the lumber trade after spending the past several weeks near Eureka with his folks. C. T. Baird, who was covering the territory during his absence, will represent the company in the San Joaquin Valley.

FIRE AT MAGALIA OPTIMOLUMBER CO.

The Magalia Optimo Lumber Company's mill and logging operations near Chico were wiped out by fire on August 9 with a loss estimated at $100,000. The fire swept through a heavy stand of timber towithin a half mile of the town of Magalia before it was put under control by a large force of fire fighters.

LUMBER SHIP SINKS AT DOCK

The steam schooner "Daisy" suddenlv sank at her dock in the China Basin channel, San Francisco, early MondaJ: morning, August 9, and rested on the mud bottom with only her deckload and superstructure above water. The "Daisy" has operated along the Pacific Coast for eighteen years without a mishap, and the freakish sinking presented a mystery to the owners of the steam schooner. She carried a deckload of 780,000 feet of lumber. It is estimated that it will cost approximately $20,000 to raise and repair the vessel.

NEW KILNS

The Pacific Veneer Company, Marshfield, Oregon, are now building two veneer dryers of Moore's Internal Fan system. The Pacific Veneer Co. are making a specialty of Port Orford cedar battery separator stock.

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"Hardwoods and Softwoods'n

Frotn, a reccnt bulletin in the Architects Seri.es, fronr, the Millwork Institute of California.

'l'he physical properties of wood which determine its usefulness, r'ary with the species, the rate and place of grorvth, the se.asoning condition and even with the individual trees. Therefore the figures in the accompanying table can be accepted only as averages.

The commercial terms, "hardwood" and "softwood" do not necessarily correspond to.physical hardness or softness.

As ordinarily used, the term "softwood" is applied to all trees of the coniferous iamily or needle leaved, wh:ch includes the pines, firs, spruces, hemlocks, cypress, larch, redrvood, cedars, etc.

The term "hardwood" is commonly used for all broad leaved varieties, represented by the oaks, maples, hickories, elms, ashes, bassrvood, beech, birches, walnuts, etc.

The slightest experience rvith wood shows that these terms give little indication of the physical properties of the species to which they refer, as basswood, poplar, aspen, and cottonwood, which are classified as hardwoods, are in reality among the softest woods, while "longleaf pine" is about as hard as the average hardwood, although termed a softwood.

The comparative properties of the various species of rvood as indicated in the table on page 2, are based upon tests of green timber, which give results much different from tests on dry timber.

Water occurs in rvood in two forms; that which fills the spaces between the cells in green wood, and that rvhich saturates the rvalls of the cells. Often half the weight of green wrood consists of water. The amount of water required to saturate the walls of the cells is lrom 25 per cent to 30 per cent of the weight of the rvood when absolutely d.y. That is called the"fiber saturation point." The amount of lvater in wood above this point has no effect upon the strength of the wood, but of course makes it heavier.

When wood is dried below the fiber saturation point, its mechanical properties change rapidly, and the extent to which they change depends upon the degree to r.vhich the water is removed from the cell walls. Seasoned u'ood is stronger, stiffer, and harder than green rvood, but orving to thC different means employed in drying, and the variations in moisture content, a more accurate schedule of comparison is obtained from tests of green lumber.

\ry'. R. Reid Visits Coast

I{r. W. R. Reid, Manager of the Memphis Hardwood Flooring Company, Memphis, is making an extended visit on the Facific Coast, and at present is located in Los Angeles.

- Mr. Reid makes his annual pilgrimage to California, says he eanlt stay away, and is delighted this trip with the prospects offered by the state for fall business.

- The Memphis Hardwood Flooring Company is an immense marnrfacturing institution, one of the oldest of the Soqthern Hardwood mills, and they manufacture the famous "Chickasaw Brand" Oak Flooring. Lots of it.

George C. Cornitius, San Francisco, represents them in the Bay District; Samuel P. Norton is their agent in Portland, and in a few days Mr. Reid will announce a new connection in Southern California.

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WA I.{ T ADS

This column of "wants" "[f :ffill"ffilts" is for: The Fellow Who Wants to Buy The Fellow Who WantC to Sell The Fellow Who Wants to Hire

WHITE PINE BOX FACTORY FOR SALE

We have a first class efficient box factory of 60,000 daily capacity, located in Northern California, which we offer for sale. Good supply of raw material in immediate vicinity. Will give full particulars upon request. Address Box A:I27, care California Lumber Merchant. Z-14-tf.

WANTED

Connection with lumber firm by young man rvho has excellent record; last employer twelve years managing large yard; best references, including employer; come at once. Address Box 4-190, care California Lumber Merchant. 9-1-1

Wanted-Position as Yard Foreman. Now in full charge of retail yard in Los Angeles. Changes being made in organization leave me open for position. Know both stock and detail finish and can furnish excellent references. Address Box 4-191, care California Lumber Merchant. 9-1-1

POSITION WANTED

Experienced White and Sugar Pine salesman, with several years' experience in domestic and foreign hardwoods, will be considering a change on Septernber l5th. Well acguainted rvith the wholesale, .industrial and retail trade, Southern California. Former inspector California White & Sugar Pine Association and acquainted with mills and supply pertaining thereto. A phone call can put you in touch with references. Address Box A-181, care Cafifornia Lumber Merchant.

FOR SALE

. 200 heivy'S ft. lumber jacks, used for assembling loads-good condition-92.00 each.

Sun Lumber Company, Beverly Hills.

WANTED

Yard manager for retail yard in Los Angeles. Must be capable of taking entire charge and excdptionally good sals56sn, who can buil_d up and hold business agiinst strongest competition. trn first letter state full partiJulars, salary asked and references. Address Box A-166, care California Lumber Merchant. 6-l-tf

WANTED

A first-class, practical and thoroughly experienced millwork estimator for a large Oakland mill. Must have had practical. manufacturing experience and be thoroughly competent. A good steady job for the right man. Address box 4-187, care.California T umber Merchant. 9-1-1

POSITION WANTED

Experienced estimator and salesman, employed by one of the largest retail yards in Southern Cali{ornia, desires to connect with some firm that can offer aclvancement. Address Box 4'-188. care California Lumber Merchant. 9-2-1.

Bookkeeper and estimator, sash, door, mill, lumber and construction experience, rvants position with grolving firm. Will invest if connection proves satisfactory. A-1 references. W.H. R., 1565 B St., San Bernardino, Calif.

President Coolidge Likes Wooden Bridges

Washington.-On Saturday, August 7, President Coolidge was at the old farm home at Plymouth, Vermont. Several of the newspaper correspondents who were with him observed for the first time the covered wooden bridges which are so characteristic of some of the northeastern states, and they asked the President various questions about them.,.In this connection, J. Russell Young, correspondent of the Washington Evening Star, writes as follows about the bridges which the President believes lasted longer than iron ones:

"Covered wooden bridges over rivers and streams are familiar sights in this section of the country. These were strange sights to several of the correspondents in the. Fresident's party, and at yesterday's conference among the, various qqestions propounded was one asking why these brid$bs are covered. The opinion advanced by the President was that the bridges of the earlier period were covered' for purely economic reasons, to keep out the weather, asone would cover a house. The President appeared to en-' joy answering this question. He remembered one on the outskirts of Springfield, Mass., which had stood for 100 years and which the wreckers found it very difficult'to tear. down. There was one also across the river at the Fresident's home town, Northampton, Mass,, which he recalled was blown away when a man and a horse and carriage were on it some years ago. Generally speaking, the President pointed out, the wooden bridges had a longer lease of life than the old-time iron bridge. The wooden bridge, according to him, also was more apt to give a warning of weakness than the iron bridge." :

Do you kttow the total nurnber of possible customers in your terri' tor/: and have you checked against thern those you are sellittg? Why not?

Kansas City's Two 0utstanding Hotels

Are Ready with a Merry "Yoo-Hoo" to Greet

The Annual Meeting of the HOO

HOOS

The Muehlebach and Baltimore hotels have finished their completed plans of caring for the Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoos in Kansas City this September. Every delegate and guest is assured of not only a complete hotel service but a sincere wish upon the part of the two hotels to make this coming annual meeting the most delightful ever enjoyed.

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Hotel Muehlebach

With a ranking as one of the great hotels of the Middle-West, the Muehlebach is well equipped as an ideal headquarters for the Hoo-Hoos. It boasts of a service to meet the most exacting demands. It has three dining rooms in daily operation and in addition offers a colorful amusement program in both the Cafe Trianon andthe Plantation Grill. There is dancing three times daily in the grill to the music of noted recording orchestras. And thehotel's location is right in theheart of the business and theatrical districts.

Hotel Baltimore

The Baltimore, diagonally across the street from the Muehlebach, is one of the country's best known hostelries. A hotel which never has been perrnitted to grow oldin its furnishings and equipment, it has enjoyed such a position in the business and social life of the Kansas City territory that its colorful traditions, its thousands of friends always have made it their first choice for hotel accommodations. lloltl

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The Durability of Sugar Pine

IN CALIFORNIA where Sugar Pine has been used since before the Days of '49, no one ever I raises the question of its durability. The ancient landmarks are eloquent evidence. Hand sawed planks and split shakes show no traces of decay after three-quarters of a century of exposure to the weather without adrop of paint or preservative.

Nor have these cabins of the pioneers been favored by climate. In the high altitudes of the Sierras, where the '49drs and pioneer ranchers lived and built these rude houses, the winters are long and the snows are deep.

SUGAR PINE being a trueWhite Pine, botanically andphysically, has long life as well as the characteristic virtues of easy-working and freedom from distortion. It is the ideal wood for exposed sash and doors, siding, moulding and trim.

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